diff --git a/fs/logfs/logfs.h b/fs/logfs/logfs.h
index 0dec29887a8a89b12cbef270af181892b4ea2cd0..59ed32cd62d1245dcce5772124290390c55a3f2c 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/logfs.h
+++ b/fs/logfs/logfs.h
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ int logfs_init_mapping(struct super_block *sb);
 void logfs_sync_area(struct logfs_area *area);
 void logfs_sync_segments(struct super_block *sb);
 void freeseg(struct super_block *sb, u32 segno);
+void free_areas(struct super_block *sb);
 
 /* area handling */
 int logfs_init_areas(struct super_block *sb);
diff --git a/fs/logfs/segment.c b/fs/logfs/segment.c
index 6aee6092860df3d0ffb81e9b606df20d700d9b9f..ab798ed1cc8839e2c9c97eb87d7bedff64693fa4 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/segment.c
@@ -862,6 +862,16 @@ static void free_area(struct logfs_area *area)
 	kfree(area);
 }
 
+void free_areas(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct logfs_super *super = logfs_super(sb);
+	int i;
+
+	for_each_area(i)
+		free_area(super->s_area[i]);
+	free_area(super->s_journal_area);
+}
+
 static struct logfs_area *alloc_area(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct logfs_area *area;
@@ -944,10 +954,6 @@ int logfs_init_areas(struct super_block *sb)
 void logfs_cleanup_areas(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct logfs_super *super = logfs_super(sb);
-	int i;
 
 	btree_grim_visitor128(&super->s_object_alias_tree, 0, kill_alias);
-	for_each_area(i)
-		free_area(super->s_area[i]);
-	free_area(super->s_journal_area);
 }
diff --git a/fs/logfs/super.c b/fs/logfs/super.c
index f9b7a30b00a356396c54073c493620441df1b234..c9ee7f5d1cafe2c66bd5edab9dc0240feb6f68ff 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/super.c
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ static void logfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 	/* Alias entries slow down mount, so evict as many as possible */
 	sync_filesystem(sb);
 	logfs_write_anchor(sb);
+	free_areas(sb);
 
 	/*
 	 * From this point on alias entries are simply dropped - and any