diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index d2e4547..f57c87b 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@
  */
 void ext3_evict_inode (struct inode *inode)
 {
+	struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
 	struct ext3_block_alloc_info *rsv;
 	handle_t *handle;
 	int want_delete = 0;
@@ -207,11 +208,36 @@
 		want_delete = 1;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * When journalling data dirty buffers are tracked only in the journal.
+	 * So although mm thinks everything is clean and ready for reaping the
+	 * inode might still have some pages to write in the running
+	 * transaction or waiting to be checkpointed. Thus calling
+	 * journal_invalidatepage() (via truncate_inode_pages()) to discard
+	 * these buffers can cause data loss. Also even if we did not discard
+	 * these buffers, we would have no way to find them after the inode
+	 * is reaped and thus user could see stale data if he tries to read
+	 * them before the transaction is checkpointed. So be careful and
+	 * force everything to disk here... We use ei->i_datasync_tid to
+	 * store the newest transaction containing inode's data.
+	 *
+	 * Note that directories do not have this problem because they don't
+	 * use page cache.
+	 */
+	if (inode->i_nlink && ext3_should_journal_data(inode) &&
+	    (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) || S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))) {
+		tid_t commit_tid = atomic_read(&ei->i_datasync_tid);
+		journal_t *journal = EXT3_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal;
+
+		log_start_commit(journal, commit_tid);
+		log_wait_commit(journal, commit_tid);
+		filemap_write_and_wait(&inode->i_data);
+	}
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 
 	ext3_discard_reservation(inode);
-	rsv = EXT3_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info;
-	EXT3_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info = NULL;
+	rsv = ei->i_block_alloc_info;
+	ei->i_block_alloc_info = NULL;
 	if (unlikely(rsv))
 		kfree(rsv);
 
@@ -241,7 +267,7 @@
 	 * have removed the record.
 	 */
 	ext3_orphan_del(handle, inode);
-	EXT3_I(inode)->i_dtime	= get_seconds();
+	ei->i_dtime = get_seconds();
 
 	/*
 	 * One subtle ordering requirement: if anything has gone wrong
@@ -1411,6 +1437,7 @@
 {
 	handle_t *handle = ext3_journal_current_handle();
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+	struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
 	int ret = 0, ret2;
 	int partial = 0;
 	unsigned from, to;
@@ -1440,8 +1467,9 @@
 	if (pos + len > inode->i_size && ext3_can_truncate(inode))
 		ext3_orphan_add(handle, inode);
 	ext3_set_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_JDATA);
-	if (inode->i_size > EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize) {
-		EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
+	atomic_set(&ei->i_datasync_tid, handle->h_transaction->t_tid);
+	if (inode->i_size > ei->i_disksize) {
+		ei->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
 		ret2 = ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		if (!ret)
 			ret = ret2;
@@ -1739,6 +1767,8 @@
 		if (ret == 0)
 			ret = err;
 		ext3_set_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_JDATA);
+		atomic_set(&EXT3_I(inode)->i_datasync_tid,
+			   handle->h_transaction->t_tid);
 		unlock_page(page);
 	} else {
 		/*