diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
index 32b04da03829f8ad2425929d65ce1d3b9807ad2e..67d2099475b2df9ee736d5c9578a6c2bea83b30b 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ struct inode *nilfs_gc_iget(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, ino_t ino, __u64 cno)
  */
 void nilfs_clear_gcinode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	nilfs_mdt_clear(inode);
 	nilfs_mdt_destroy(inode);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
index 62074e8d25cb5467642bb07eb158edd977018b8b..3028e8f31be2c2ec9e641163df27ed451c920278 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
@@ -553,14 +553,15 @@ void nilfs_mdt_set_shadow(struct inode *orig, struct inode *shadow)
 		&NILFS_I(orig)->i_btnode_cache;
 }
 
-void nilfs_mdt_clear(struct inode *inode)
+static void nilfs_mdt_clear(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct nilfs_inode_info *ii = NILFS_I(inode);
 
 	invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1);
 	truncate_inode_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0);
 
-	nilfs_bmap_clear(ii->i_bmap);
+	if (test_bit(NILFS_I_BMAP, &ii->i_state))
+		nilfs_bmap_clear(ii->i_bmap);
 	nilfs_btnode_cache_clear(&ii->i_btnode_cache);
 }
 
@@ -568,6 +569,8 @@ void nilfs_mdt_destroy(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct nilfs_mdt_info *mdi = NILFS_MDT(inode);
 
+	nilfs_mdt_clear(inode);
+
 	kfree(mdi->mi_bgl); /* kfree(NULL) is safe */
 	kfree(mdi);
 	nilfs_destroy_inode(inode);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.h b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.h
index cd2903af3c30cdf07966e7b65fbed4c1098c5a84..c396b6c03931bf091054174452bb9a1dd80eca8d 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.h
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ struct inode *nilfs_mdt_new(struct the_nilfs *, struct super_block *, ino_t,
 struct inode *nilfs_mdt_new_common(struct the_nilfs *, struct super_block *,
 				   ino_t, gfp_t, size_t);
 void nilfs_mdt_destroy(struct inode *);
-void nilfs_mdt_clear(struct inode *);
 void nilfs_mdt_set_entry_size(struct inode *, unsigned, unsigned);
 void nilfs_mdt_set_shadow(struct inode *, struct inode *);
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c b/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c
index 6dc83591d1182164c5fdaf4b27e92d20b794d4a6..bcd386d604d77aaa8c96e19edce099776746cbb8 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c
@@ -770,14 +770,8 @@ int nilfs_recover_logical_segments(struct the_nilfs *nilfs,
 		nilfs_finish_roll_forward(nilfs, sbi, ri);
 	}
 
-	nilfs_detach_checkpoint(sbi);
-	return 0;
-
  failed:
 	nilfs_detach_checkpoint(sbi);
-	nilfs_mdt_clear(nilfs->ns_cpfile);
-	nilfs_mdt_clear(nilfs->ns_sufile);
-	nilfs_mdt_clear(nilfs->ns_dat);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 05ae52a482c6385c5233ac2d9fc494008f7b0593..f52616977ea01aa6f2fcf170c91bc89d56a8cb97 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -407,7 +407,6 @@ void nilfs_detach_checkpoint(struct nilfs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
 	struct the_nilfs *nilfs = sbi->s_nilfs;
 
-	nilfs_mdt_clear(sbi->s_ifile);
 	nilfs_mdt_destroy(sbi->s_ifile);
 	sbi->s_ifile = NULL;
 	down_write(&nilfs->ns_super_sem);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
index bc7760c2a8f2a27f4b361434b7aad2453d86d5b5..75095edec2fc90308c32771b8ab528f5a762927a 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
@@ -146,13 +146,9 @@ void put_nilfs(struct the_nilfs *nilfs)
 
 	might_sleep();
 	if (nilfs_loaded(nilfs)) {
-		nilfs_mdt_clear(nilfs->ns_sufile);
 		nilfs_mdt_destroy(nilfs->ns_sufile);
-		nilfs_mdt_clear(nilfs->ns_cpfile);
 		nilfs_mdt_destroy(nilfs->ns_cpfile);
-		nilfs_mdt_clear(nilfs->ns_dat);
 		nilfs_mdt_destroy(nilfs->ns_dat);
-		/* XXX: how and when to clear nilfs->ns_gc_dat? */
 		nilfs_mdt_destroy(nilfs->ns_gc_dat);
 	}
 	if (nilfs_init(nilfs)) {