diff --git a/fs/drop_caches.c b/fs/drop_caches.c
index 44d725f612cf..b6a719a909f8 100644
--- a/fs/drop_caches.c
+++ b/fs/drop_caches.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
-		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
+		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
 			continue;
 		if (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0)
 			continue;
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index e3fe9918faaf..f81f9e71871e 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -538,7 +538,8 @@ void generic_sync_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
 		list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
 			struct address_space *mapping;
 
-			if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
+			if (inode->i_state &
+					(I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
 				continue;
 			mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 			if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c
index 2ca967a5ef77..607c579e5eca 100644
--- a/fs/quota/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static void add_dquot_ref(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 
 	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
-		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
+		if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
 			continue;
 		if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount))
 			continue;