diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_lite.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_lite.h
index 25f8bfa..beccb5e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_lite.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_lite.h
@@ -139,7 +139,11 @@
 {
 	if (BITS_PER_LONG == 32 && hash64)
 		hash >>= 32;
-	return ~0UL - hash;
+	/* save hash 0 as index 0 because otherwise we'll save it at
+	 * page index end (~0UL) and it causes truncate_inode_pages_range()
+	 * to loop forever.
+	 */
+	return ~0UL - (hash + !hash);
 }
 
 /** @} lite */