diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 46ba1cfc2df3..a94e08b339fc 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ int reiserfs_commit_write(struct file *f, struct page *page,
 int reiserfs_prepare_write(struct file *f, struct page *page,
 			   unsigned from, unsigned to);
 
-void reiserfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void reiserfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	/* We need blocks for transaction + (user+group) quota update (possibly delete) */
 	int jbegin_count =
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ void reiserfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	int depth;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!is_bad_inode(inode))
+	if (!inode->i_nlink && !is_bad_inode(inode))
 		dquot_initialize(inode);
 
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	if (inode->i_nlink)
+		goto no_delete;
 
 	depth = reiserfs_write_lock_once(inode->i_sb);
 
@@ -77,9 +79,14 @@ void reiserfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		;
 	}
       out:
-	clear_inode(inode);	/* note this must go after the journal_end to prevent deadlock */
+	end_writeback(inode);	/* note this must go after the journal_end to prevent deadlock */
+	dquot_drop(inode);
 	inode->i_blocks = 0;
 	reiserfs_write_unlock_once(inode->i_sb, depth);
+
+no_delete:
+	end_writeback(inode);
+	dquot_drop(inode);
 }
 
 static void _make_cpu_key(struct cpu_key *key, int version, __u32 dirid,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 1e1ee9056eb6..e15ff612002d 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -591,11 +591,6 @@ out:
 	reiserfs_write_unlock_once(inode->i_sb, lock_depth);
 }
 
-static void reiserfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	dquot_drop(inode);
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 static ssize_t reiserfs_quota_write(struct super_block *, int, const char *,
 				    size_t, loff_t);
@@ -608,8 +603,7 @@ static const struct super_operations reiserfs_sops = {
 	.destroy_inode = reiserfs_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode = reiserfs_write_inode,
 	.dirty_inode = reiserfs_dirty_inode,
-	.clear_inode = reiserfs_clear_inode,
-	.delete_inode = reiserfs_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode = reiserfs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super = reiserfs_put_super,
 	.write_super = reiserfs_write_super,
 	.sync_fs = reiserfs_sync_fs,
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
index 3b603f474186..2a464ae147ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@ void reiserfs_read_locked_inode(struct inode *inode,
 				struct reiserfs_iget_args *args);
 int reiserfs_find_actor(struct inode *inode, void *p);
 int reiserfs_init_locked_inode(struct inode *inode, void *p);
-void reiserfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
+void reiserfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int reiserfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 int reiserfs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
 		       struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create);