diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 680fc3211cbfcc21f958c8a3e8abc0be068b36d3..8b46a17a85c19199c2197aa8cedf512741e2b7fc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1854,7 +1854,14 @@ dx_move_dirents(struct inode *dir, char *from, char *to,
 		memcpy (to, de, rec_len);
 		((struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) to)->rec_len =
 				ext4_rec_len_to_disk(rec_len, blocksize);
+
+		/* wipe dir_entry excluding the rec_len field */
 		de->inode = 0;
+		memset(&de->name_len, 0, ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len,
+								blocksize) -
+					 offsetof(struct ext4_dir_entry_2,
+								name_len));
+
 		map++;
 		to += rec_len;
 	}
@@ -2188,6 +2195,7 @@ static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
 	data2 = bh2->b_data;
 
 	memcpy(data2, de, len);
+	memset(de, 0, len); /* wipe old data */
 	de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) data2;
 	top = data2 + len;
 	while ((char *)(de2 = ext4_next_entry(de, blocksize)) < top)
@@ -2577,15 +2585,27 @@ int ext4_generic_delete_entry(struct inode *dir,
 					 entry_buf, buf_size, i))
 			return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 		if (de == de_del)  {
-			if (pde)
+			if (pde) {
 				pde->rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(
 					ext4_rec_len_from_disk(pde->rec_len,
 							       blocksize) +
 					ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len,
 							       blocksize),
 					blocksize);
-			else
+
+				/* wipe entire dir_entry */
+				memset(de, 0, ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len,
+								blocksize));
+			} else {
+				/* wipe dir_entry excluding the rec_len field */
 				de->inode = 0;
+				memset(&de->name_len, 0,
+					ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len,
+								blocksize) -
+					offsetof(struct ext4_dir_entry_2,
+								name_len));
+			}
+
 			inode_inc_iversion(dir);
 			return 0;
 		}