diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index bf1a2f4..6e5bd42 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
 static void hugetlbfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	truncate_hugepages(inode, 0);
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 }
 
 static inline void