diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 4a8f14745f1e542b9ce59526d2f14648488a7022..3b28b96f986b5c1110d95a2bd5643337342f493a 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -677,6 +677,10 @@ void evict_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
 			continue;
 
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+		if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
+			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 			continue;