diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 0013ac1af8e75d6178dbcf67a311ea3e4d326ff7..913ab2d9a5d10ecd183630c1a25770435613aca5 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1139,11 +1139,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_inode_hash);
  * I_FREEING is set so that no-one will take a new reference to the inode while
  * it is being deleted.
  */
-static void generic_delete_inode_async(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
+void generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = data;
 	const struct super_operations *op = inode->i_sb->s_op;
 
+	list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
+	list_del_init(&inode->i_sb_list);
+	inode->i_state |= I_FREEING;
+	inodes_stat.nr_inodes--;
+	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+
 	security_inode_delete(inode);
 
 	if (op->delete_inode) {
@@ -1167,16 +1172,6 @@ static void generic_delete_inode_async(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
 	destroy_inode(inode);
 }
 
-void generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
-	list_del_init(&inode->i_sb_list);
-	inode->i_state |= I_FREEING;
-	inodes_stat.nr_inodes--;
-	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-	async_schedule_special(generic_delete_inode_async, inode, &inode->i_sb->s_async_list);
-}
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_delete_inode);
 
 static void generic_forget_inode(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/kernel/async.c b/kernel/async.c
index 64cc916299a5bb0f6558cc56c243f7d2b50bf9aa..f286e9f2b736e29515607e463e2fa58747e6ff9b 100644
--- a/kernel/async.c
+++ b/kernel/async.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ static LIST_HEAD(async_pending);
 static LIST_HEAD(async_running);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(async_lock);
 
+static int async_enabled = 0;
+
 struct async_entry {
 	struct list_head list;
 	async_cookie_t   cookie;
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ static async_cookie_t __async_schedule(async_func_ptr *ptr, void *data, struct l
 	 * If we're out of memory or if there's too much work
 	 * pending already, we execute synchronously.
 	 */
-	if (!entry || atomic_read(&entry_count) > MAX_WORK) {
+	if (!async_enabled || !entry || atomic_read(&entry_count) > MAX_WORK) {
 		kfree(entry);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&async_lock, flags);
 		newcookie = next_cookie++;
@@ -316,8 +318,18 @@ static int async_manager_thread(void *unused)
 
 static int __init async_init(void)
 {
-	kthread_run(async_manager_thread, NULL, "async/mgr");
+	if (async_enabled)
+		kthread_run(async_manager_thread, NULL, "async/mgr");
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int __init setup_async(char *str)
+{
+	async_enabled = 1;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("fastboot", setup_async);
+
+
 core_initcall(async_init);