diff --git a/fs/jffs2/erase.c b/fs/jffs2/erase.c
index b47679be118a5fe00a04585d54b07f9797e7f700..b2d2b6a6e03e28d7136c6b80d3ecd9d3095c5ec7 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/erase.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/erase.c
@@ -103,9 +103,10 @@ static void jffs2_erase_block(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
 	jffs2_erase_failed(c, jeb, bad_offset);
 }
 
-void jffs2_erase_pending_blocks(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, int count)
+int jffs2_erase_pending_blocks(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, int count)
 {
 	struct jffs2_eraseblock *jeb;
+	int work_done = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&c->erase_free_sem);
 
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ void jffs2_erase_pending_blocks(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, int count)
 			mutex_unlock(&c->erase_free_sem);
 			jffs2_mark_erased_block(c, jeb);
 
+			work_done++;
 			if (!--count) {
 				D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "Count reached. jffs2_erase_pending_blocks leaving\n"));
 				goto done;
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ void jffs2_erase_pending_blocks(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, int count)
 	mutex_unlock(&c->erase_free_sem);
  done:
 	D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_erase_pending_blocks completed\n"));
+	return work_done;
 }
 
 static void jffs2_erase_succeeded(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_eraseblock *jeb)
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/nodelist.h b/fs/jffs2/nodelist.h
index 36d7a849ee2cf91f97ab18c036f0d378358a1929..a881a42f19e3159b8c376e488cd96204c41771c0 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/nodelist.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/nodelist.h
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ int jffs2_scan_dirty_space(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_eraseblock *jeb
 int jffs2_do_mount_fs(struct jffs2_sb_info *c);
 
 /* erase.c */
-void jffs2_erase_pending_blocks(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, int count);
+int jffs2_erase_pending_blocks(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, int count);
 void jffs2_free_jeb_node_refs(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_eraseblock *jeb);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER