diff --git a/fs/sysv/inode.c b/fs/sysv/inode.c
index d4a5380..613a505 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/inode.c
@@ -308,12 +308,17 @@
 	return __sysv_write_inode(inode, 1);
 }
 
-static void sysv_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+static void sysv_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	inode->i_size = 0;
-	sysv_truncate(inode);
-	sysv_free_inode(inode);
+	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
+		inode->i_size = 0;
+		sysv_truncate(inode);
+	}
+	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+	if (!inode->i_nlink)
+		sysv_free_inode(inode);
 }
 
 static struct kmem_cache *sysv_inode_cachep;
@@ -344,7 +349,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= sysv_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= sysv_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= sysv_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= sysv_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= sysv_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= sysv_put_super,
 	.write_super	= sysv_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= sysv_sync_fs,