/*
  * Free a symlink that has blocks associated with it.
  */
-int
+STATIC int
 xfs_inactive_symlink_rmt(
        xfs_inode_t     *ip,
        xfs_trans_t     **tpp)
 
        tp = *tpp;
        mp = ip->i_mount;
-       ASSERT(ip->i_d.di_size > XFS_IFORK_DSIZE(ip));
+       ASSERT(ip->i_df.if_flags & XFS_IFEXTENTS);
        /*
         * We're freeing a symlink that has some
         * blocks allocated to it.  Free the
  error0:
        return error;
 }
+
+/*
+ * xfs_inactive_symlink - free a symlink
+ */
+int
+xfs_inactive_symlink(
+       struct xfs_inode        *ip,
+       struct xfs_trans        **tp)
+{
+       struct xfs_mount        *mp = ip->i_mount;
+       int                     pathlen;
+
+       trace_xfs_inactive_symlink(ip);
+
+       ASSERT(xfs_isilocked(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL));
+
+       if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
+               return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+
+       /*
+        * Zero length symlinks _can_ exist.
+        */
+       pathlen = (int)ip->i_d.di_size;
+       if (!pathlen)
+               return 0;
+
+       if (pathlen < 0 || pathlen > MAXPATHLEN) {
+               xfs_alert(mp, "%s: inode (0x%llx) bad symlink length (%d)",
+                        __func__, (unsigned long long)ip->i_ino, pathlen);
+               ASSERT(0);
+               return XFS_ERROR(EFSCORRUPTED);
+       }
+
+       if (ip->i_df.if_flags & XFS_IFINLINE) {
+               if (ip->i_df.if_bytes > 0)
+                       xfs_idata_realloc(ip, -(ip->i_df.if_bytes),
+                                         XFS_DATA_FORK);
+               ASSERT(ip->i_df.if_bytes == 0);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       /* remove the remote symlink */
+       return xfs_inactive_symlink_rmt(ip, tp);
+}
 
 int xfs_symlink(struct xfs_inode *dp, struct xfs_name *link_name,
                const char *target_path, umode_t mode, struct xfs_inode **ipp);
 int xfs_readlink(struct xfs_inode *ip, char *link);
-int xfs_inactive_symlink_rmt(struct xfs_inode *ip, struct xfs_trans **tpp);
+int xfs_inactive_symlink(struct xfs_inode *ip, struct xfs_trans **tpp);
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* __XFS_SYMLINK_H */
 
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_getattr);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_setattr);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_readlink);
+DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_inactive_symlink);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_alloc_file_space);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_free_file_space);
 DEFINE_INODE_EVENT(xfs_readdir);
 
        xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, 0);
 
        if (S_ISLNK(ip->i_d.di_mode)) {
-               /*
-                * Zero length symlinks _can_ exist.
-                */
-               if (ip->i_d.di_size > XFS_IFORK_DSIZE(ip)) {
-                       error = xfs_inactive_symlink_rmt(ip, &tp);
-                       if (error)
-                               goto out_cancel;
-               } else if (ip->i_df.if_bytes > 0) {
-                       xfs_idata_realloc(ip, -(ip->i_df.if_bytes),
-                                         XFS_DATA_FORK);
-                       ASSERT(ip->i_df.if_bytes == 0);
-               }
+               error = xfs_inactive_symlink(ip, &tp);
+               if (error)
+                       goto out_cancel;
        } else if (truncate) {
                ip->i_d.di_size = 0;
                xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);