diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index eba6d552d..478a169 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -380,36 +380,11 @@
 
 static void hugetlbfs_forget_inode(struct inode *inode) __releases(inode_lock)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-
-	if (!hlist_unhashed(&inode->i_hash)) {
-		if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY|I_SYNC)))
-			list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
-		inodes_stat.nr_unused++;
-		if (!sb || (sb->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE)) {
-			spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-			return;
-		}
-		inode->i_state |= I_WILL_FREE;
-		spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-		/*
-		 * write_inode_now is a noop as we set BDI_CAP_NO_WRITEBACK
-		 * in our backing_dev_info.
-		 */
-		write_inode_now(inode, 1);
-		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
-		inode->i_state &= ~I_WILL_FREE;
-		inodes_stat.nr_unused--;
-		hlist_del_init(&inode->i_hash);
+	if (generic_detach_inode(inode)) {
+		truncate_hugepages(inode, 0);
+		clear_inode(inode);
+		destroy_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);
-	truncate_hugepages(inode, 0);
-	clear_inode(inode);
-	destroy_inode(inode);
 }
 
 static void hugetlbfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 07d775e..fa506d5 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1241,7 +1241,16 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_delete_inode);
 
-static void generic_forget_inode(struct inode *inode)
+/**
+ *	generic_detach_inode - remove inode from inode lists
+ *	@inode: inode to remove
+ *
+ *	Remove inode from inode lists, write it if it's dirty. This is just an
+ *	internal VFS helper exported for hugetlbfs. Do not use!
+ *
+ *	Returns 1 if inode should be completely destroyed.
+ */
+int generic_detach_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 
@@ -1251,7 +1260,7 @@
 		inodes_stat.nr_unused++;
 		if (sb->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE) {
 			spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-			return;
+			return 0;
 		}
 		WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_NEW);
 		inode->i_state |= I_WILL_FREE;
@@ -1269,6 +1278,14 @@
 	inode->i_state |= I_FREEING;
 	inodes_stat.nr_inodes--;
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+	return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_detach_inode);
+
+static void generic_forget_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (!generic_detach_inode(inode))
+		return;
 	if (inode->i_data.nrpages)
 		truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 	clear_inode(inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 5180352..955e346 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2156,6 +2156,7 @@
 extern int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode);
 extern void generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
 extern void generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);
+extern int generic_detach_inode(struct inode *inode);
 
 extern struct inode *ilookup5_nowait(struct super_block *sb,
 		unsigned long hashval, int (*test)(struct inode *, void *),