diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index b9c172b3fbbec1c6b8ac2874151f0bb1aa19240d..673704fab7489c8f657063dae73fb04ea4a50138 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ xfs_synchronize_times(
 }
 
 /*
- * If the linux inode is valid, mark it dirty.
- * Used when committing a dirty inode into a transaction so that
- * the inode will get written back by the linux code
+ * If the linux inode is valid, mark it dirty, else mark the dirty state
+ * in the XFS inode to make sure we pick it up when reclaiming the inode.
  */
 void
 xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(
@@ -82,6 +81,10 @@ xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(
 
 	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)))
 		mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
+	else {
+		barrier();
+		ip->i_update_core = 1;
+	}
 }
 
 void
@@ -92,6 +95,11 @@ xfs_mark_inode_dirty(
 
 	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)))
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	else {
+		barrier();
+		ip->i_update_core = 1;
+	}
+
 }
 
 /*