diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 63af2e3..f289387 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1213,14 +1213,27 @@
 			   mnt);
 }
 
+static void ocfs2_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
+
+	/* Prevent further queueing of inode drop events */
+	spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
+	ocfs2_set_osb_flag(osb, OCFS2_OSB_DROP_DENTRY_LOCK_IMMED);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
+	/* Wait for work to finish and/or remove it */
+	cancel_work_sync(&osb->dentry_lock_work);
+
+	kill_block_super(sb);
+}
+
 static struct file_system_type ocfs2_fs_type = {
 	.owner          = THIS_MODULE,
 	.name           = "ocfs2",
 	.get_sb         = ocfs2_get_sb, /* is this called when we mount
 					* the fs? */
-	.kill_sb        = kill_block_super, /* set to the generic one
-					     * right now, but do we
-					     * need to change that? */
+	.kill_sb        = ocfs2_kill_sb,
+
 	.fs_flags       = FS_REQUIRES_DEV|FS_RENAME_DOES_D_MOVE,
 	.next           = NULL
 };
@@ -1819,6 +1832,12 @@
 
 	debugfs_remove(osb->osb_ctxt);
 
+	/*
+	 * Flush inode dropping work queue so that deletes are
+	 * performed while the filesystem is still working
+	 */
+	ocfs2_drop_all_dl_inodes(osb);
+
 	/* Orphan scan should be stopped as early as possible */
 	ocfs2_orphan_scan_stop(osb);