diff --git a/fs/exofs/exofs.h b/fs/exofs/exofs.h
index 0706ce996c848dd10dc1443eb2cd42d466c63102..2dc925fa10106ca3a5e17f42ddea94ff316c0b5f 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/exofs.h
+++ b/fs/exofs/exofs.h
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ int exofs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 extern struct inode *exofs_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 struct inode *exofs_new_inode(struct inode *, int);
 extern int exofs_write_inode(struct inode *, struct writeback_control *wbc);
-extern void exofs_delete_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void exofs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 
 /* dir.c:                */
 int exofs_add_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
diff --git a/fs/exofs/inode.c b/fs/exofs/inode.c
index ccd0ce3eea755ff8ad46c0454f420cb25ef46c7a..088cb476b68a8c24c72bd2abf0503d9917667725 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/inode.c
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ static void delete_done(struct exofs_io_state *ios, void *p)
  * from the OSD here.  We make sure the object was created before we try and
  * delete it.
  */
-void exofs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void exofs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct exofs_i_info *oi = exofs_i(inode);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
@@ -1318,11 +1318,11 @@ void exofs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 
 	/* TODO: should do better here */
-	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
+	if (inode->i_nlink || is_bad_inode(inode))
 		goto no_delete;
 
 	inode->i_size = 0;
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 
 	/* if we are deleting an obj that hasn't been created yet, wait */
 	if (!obj_created(oi)) {
@@ -1353,5 +1353,5 @@ void exofs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	return;
 
 no_delete:
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 }
diff --git a/fs/exofs/super.c b/fs/exofs/super.c
index 03149b9a51781b7db258ee8350c8072a2048b9c3..32cfd61def5fa10ed542a5aca85541a37510f72f 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/super.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/super.c
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static const struct super_operations exofs_sops = {
 	.alloc_inode    = exofs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode  = exofs_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode    = exofs_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode   = exofs_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode    = exofs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super      = exofs_put_super,
 	.write_super    = exofs_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= exofs_sync_fs,