diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index f05b615..a8cbdeb 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@
 extern unsigned long		 affs_parent_ino(struct inode *dir);
 extern struct inode		*affs_new_inode(struct inode *dir);
 extern int			 affs_notify_change(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
-extern void			 affs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
-extern void			 affs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode);
+extern void			 affs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode);
 extern struct inode		*affs_iget(struct super_block *sb,
 					unsigned long ino);
 extern int			 affs_write_inode(struct inode *inode,
diff --git a/fs/affs/inode.c b/fs/affs/inode.c
index 6883d5f..3a0fdec 100644
--- a/fs/affs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/affs/inode.c
@@ -252,23 +252,19 @@
 }
 
 void
-affs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	pr_debug("AFFS: delete_inode(ino=%lu, nlink=%u)\n", inode->i_ino, inode->i_nlink);
-	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	inode->i_size = 0;
-	affs_truncate(inode);
-	clear_inode(inode);
-	affs_free_block(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino);
-}
-
-void
-affs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+affs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	unsigned long cache_page;
+	pr_debug("AFFS: evict_inode(ino=%lu, nlink=%u)\n", inode->i_ino, inode->i_nlink);
+	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 
-	pr_debug("AFFS: clear_inode(ino=%lu, nlink=%u)\n", inode->i_ino, inode->i_nlink);
+	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
+		inode->i_size = 0;
+		affs_truncate(inode);
+	}
 
+	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	affs_free_prealloc(inode);
 	cache_page = (unsigned long)AFFS_I(inode)->i_lc;
 	if (cache_page) {
@@ -280,6 +276,9 @@
 	affs_brelse(AFFS_I(inode)->i_ext_bh);
 	AFFS_I(inode)->i_ext_last = ~1;
 	AFFS_I(inode)->i_ext_bh = NULL;
+
+	if (!inode->i_nlink)
+		affs_free_block(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino);
 }
 
 struct inode *
diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c
index 16a3e47..2c804a8 100644
--- a/fs/affs/super.c
+++ b/fs/affs/super.c
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@
 	.alloc_inode	= affs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= affs_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= affs_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= affs_delete_inode,
-	.clear_inode	= affs_clear_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= affs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= affs_put_super,
 	.write_super	= affs_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= affs_sync_fs,