diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
index b574431..2f28b7d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
@@ -310,22 +310,19 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dentry_list_lock);
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dentry_list_lock);
 
 /* We limit the number of dentry locks to drop in one go. We have
  * this limit so that we don't starve other users of ocfs2_wq. */
 #define DL_INODE_DROP_COUNT 64
 
 /* Drop inode references from dentry locks */
-void ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(struct work_struct *work)
+static void __ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int drop_count)
 {
-	struct ocfs2_super *osb = container_of(work, struct ocfs2_super,
-					       dentry_lock_work);
 	struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl;
-	int drop_count = DL_INODE_DROP_COUNT;
 
 	spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
-	while (osb->dentry_lock_list && drop_count--) {
+	while (osb->dentry_lock_list && (drop_count < 0 || drop_count--)) {
 		dl = osb->dentry_lock_list;
 		osb->dentry_lock_list = dl->dl_next;
 		spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
@@ -333,11 +330,32 @@
 		kfree(dl);
 		spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
 	}
-	if (osb->dentry_lock_list)
+	spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = container_of(work, struct ocfs2_super,
+					       dentry_lock_work);
+
+	__ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(osb, DL_INODE_DROP_COUNT);
+	/*
+	 * Don't queue dropping if umount is in progress. We flush the
+	 * list in ocfs2_dismount_volume
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
+	if (osb->dentry_lock_list &&
+	    !ocfs2_test_osb_flag(osb, OCFS2_OSB_DROP_DENTRY_LOCK_IMMED))
 		queue_work(ocfs2_wq, &osb->dentry_lock_work);
 	spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
 }
 
+/* Flush the whole work queue */
+void ocfs2_drop_all_dl_inodes(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	__ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(osb, -1);
+}
+
 /*
  * ocfs2_dentry_iput() and friends.
  *
@@ -368,7 +386,8 @@
 	/* We leave dropping of inode reference to ocfs2_wq as that can
 	 * possibly lead to inode deletion which gets tricky */
 	spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
-	if (!osb->dentry_lock_list)
+	if (!osb->dentry_lock_list &&
+	    !ocfs2_test_osb_flag(osb, OCFS2_OSB_DROP_DENTRY_LOCK_IMMED))
 		queue_work(ocfs2_wq, &osb->dentry_lock_work);
 	dl->dl_next = osb->dentry_lock_list;
 	osb->dentry_lock_list = dl;