mnt);
 }
 
+/*
+ * We need this to sync all inodes earlier, since when writeback
+ * is invoked from the umount/mntput path dcache is already shrunk,
+ * see generic_shutdown_super(), and no inodes can access the path.
+ */
+static void pohmelfs_kill_super(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+       struct writeback_control wbc = {
+               .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_ALL,
+               .range_start    = 0,
+               .range_end      = LLONG_MAX,
+               .nr_to_write    = LONG_MAX,
+       };
+       generic_sync_sb_inodes(sb, &wbc);
+
+       kill_anon_super(sb);
+}
+
 static struct file_system_type pohmel_fs_type = {
        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
        .name           = "pohmel",
        .get_sb         = pohmelfs_get_sb,
-       .kill_sb        = kill_anon_super,
+       .kill_sb        = pohmelfs_kill_super,
 };
 
 /*