diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index ad3a7ca2106908..7dd698107822c7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	int err;
 
 	trace_ext4_evict_inode(inode);
+
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	ext4_flush_completed_IO(inode);
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	ext4_ioend_wait(inode);
+
 	if (inode->i_nlink) {
 		/*
 		 * When journalling data dirty buffers are tracked only in the
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 4687fea0c00f24..44d0c8db2239f9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -919,7 +919,6 @@ static void ext4_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 
 static void ext4_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	ext4_ioend_wait(inode);
 	if (!list_empty(&(EXT4_I(inode)->i_orphan))) {
 		ext4_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_ERR,
 			 "Inode %lu (%p): orphan list check failed!",