diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 7db52defcb16a..8204c59bdd1df 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	trace_ext4_evict_inode(inode);
 
+	if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL)
+		ext4_evict_ea_inode(inode);
 	if (inode->i_nlink) {
 		/*
 		 * When journalling data dirty buffers are tracked only in the
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index c42b3e0d2d94b..d92d50de5a011 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -436,6 +436,14 @@ static int ext4_xattr_inode_iget(struct inode *parent, unsigned long ea_ino,
 	return err;
 }
 
+/* Remove entry from mbcache when EA inode is getting evicted */
+void ext4_evict_ea_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (EA_INODE_CACHE(inode))
+		mb_cache_entry_delete(EA_INODE_CACHE(inode),
+			ext4_xattr_inode_get_hash(inode), inode->i_ino);
+}
+
 static int
 ext4_xattr_inode_verify_hashes(struct inode *ea_inode,
 			       struct ext4_xattr_entry *entry, void *buffer,
@@ -976,10 +984,8 @@ int __ext4_xattr_set_credits(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 static int ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref(handle_t *handle, struct inode *ea_inode,
 				       int ref_change)
 {
-	struct mb_cache *ea_inode_cache = EA_INODE_CACHE(ea_inode);
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
 	s64 ref_count;
-	u32 hash;
 	int ret;
 
 	inode_lock(ea_inode);
@@ -1002,14 +1008,6 @@ static int ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref(handle_t *handle, struct inode *ea_inode,
 
 			set_nlink(ea_inode, 1);
 			ext4_orphan_del(handle, ea_inode);
-
-			if (ea_inode_cache) {
-				hash = ext4_xattr_inode_get_hash(ea_inode);
-				mb_cache_entry_create(ea_inode_cache,
-						      GFP_NOFS, hash,
-						      ea_inode->i_ino,
-						      true /* reusable */);
-			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		WARN_ONCE(ref_count < 0, "EA inode %lu ref_count=%lld",
@@ -1022,12 +1020,6 @@ static int ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref(handle_t *handle, struct inode *ea_inode,
 
 			clear_nlink(ea_inode);
 			ext4_orphan_add(handle, ea_inode);
-
-			if (ea_inode_cache) {
-				hash = ext4_xattr_inode_get_hash(ea_inode);
-				mb_cache_entry_delete(ea_inode_cache, hash,
-						      ea_inode->i_ino);
-			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.h b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
index e291011687339..824faf0b15a87 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ extern void ext4_xattr_inode_array_free(struct ext4_xattr_inode_array *array);
 
 extern int ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea(struct inode *inode, int new_extra_isize,
 			    struct ext4_inode *raw_inode, handle_t *handle);
+extern void ext4_evict_ea_inode(struct inode *inode);
 
 extern const struct xattr_handler *ext4_xattr_handlers[];