diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 47d64e9..7b65755 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -238,10 +238,19 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void debugfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+		kfree(inode->i_private);
+}
+
 static const struct super_operations debugfs_super_operations = {
 	.statfs		= simple_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= debugfs_remount,
 	.show_options	= debugfs_show_options,
+	.evict_inode	= debugfs_evict_inode,
 };
 
 static int debug_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
@@ -459,23 +468,14 @@
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (debugfs_positive(dentry)) {
-		if (dentry->d_inode) {
-			dget(dentry);
-			switch (dentry->d_inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) {
-			case S_IFDIR:
-				ret = simple_rmdir(parent->d_inode, dentry);
-				break;
-			case S_IFLNK:
-				kfree(dentry->d_inode->i_private);
-				/* fall through */
-			default:
-				simple_unlink(parent->d_inode, dentry);
-				break;
-			}
-			if (!ret)
-				d_delete(dentry);
-			dput(dentry);
-		}
+		dget(dentry);
+		if (S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+			ret = simple_rmdir(parent->d_inode, dentry);
+		else
+			simple_unlink(parent->d_inode, dentry);
+		if (!ret)
+			d_delete(dentry);
+		dput(dentry);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }