diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index de6dd77..442c5d2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@
 			filemap_write_and_wait(&inode->i_data);
 		}
 		truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-		ext4_ioend_shutdown(inode);
+
+		WARN_ON(atomic_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_ioend_count));
 		goto no_delete;
 	}
 
@@ -225,8 +226,8 @@
 	if (ext4_should_order_data(inode))
 		ext4_begin_ordered_truncate(inode, 0);
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	ext4_ioend_shutdown(inode);
 
+	WARN_ON(atomic_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_ioend_count));
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
 		goto no_delete;