return ret;
 }
 
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dentry_list_lock);
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dentry_list_lock);
 
 /* We limit the number of dentry locks to drop in one go. We have
  * this limit so that we don't starve other users of ocfs2_wq. */
 #define DL_INODE_DROP_COUNT 64
 
 /* Drop inode references from dentry locks */
-void ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(struct work_struct *work)
+static void __ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int drop_count)
 {
-       struct ocfs2_super *osb = container_of(work, struct ocfs2_super,
-                                              dentry_lock_work);
        struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl;
-       int drop_count = DL_INODE_DROP_COUNT;
 
        spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
-       while (osb->dentry_lock_list && drop_count--) {
+       while (osb->dentry_lock_list && (drop_count < 0 || drop_count--)) {
                dl = osb->dentry_lock_list;
                osb->dentry_lock_list = dl->dl_next;
                spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
                kfree(dl);
                spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
        }
-       if (osb->dentry_lock_list)
+       spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
+}
+
+void ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+       struct ocfs2_super *osb = container_of(work, struct ocfs2_super,
+                                              dentry_lock_work);
+
+       __ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(osb, DL_INODE_DROP_COUNT);
+       /*
+        * Don't queue dropping if umount is in progress. We flush the
+        * list in ocfs2_dismount_volume
+        */
+       spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
+       if (osb->dentry_lock_list &&
+           !ocfs2_test_osb_flag(osb, OCFS2_OSB_DROP_DENTRY_LOCK_IMMED))
                queue_work(ocfs2_wq, &osb->dentry_lock_work);
        spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
 }
 
+/* Flush the whole work queue */
+void ocfs2_drop_all_dl_inodes(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+       __ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(osb, -1);
+}
+
 /*
  * ocfs2_dentry_iput() and friends.
  *
        /* We leave dropping of inode reference to ocfs2_wq as that can
         * possibly lead to inode deletion which gets tricky */
        spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
-       if (!osb->dentry_lock_list)
+       if (!osb->dentry_lock_list &&
+           !ocfs2_test_osb_flag(osb, OCFS2_OSB_DROP_DENTRY_LOCK_IMMED))
                queue_work(ocfs2_wq, &osb->dentry_lock_work);
        dl->dl_next = osb->dentry_lock_list;
        osb->dentry_lock_list = dl;
 
 int ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
                             u64 parent_blkno);
 
+extern spinlock_t dentry_list_lock;
+
 void ocfs2_dentry_lock_put(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
                           struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl);
 
 void ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(struct work_struct *work);
+void ocfs2_drop_all_dl_inodes(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
 
 struct dentry *ocfs2_find_local_alias(struct inode *inode, u64 parent_blkno,
                                      int skip_unhashed);
 
        OCFS2_MOUNT_GRPQUOTA = 1 << 10, /* We support group quotas */
 };
 
-#define OCFS2_OSB_SOFT_RO      0x0001
-#define OCFS2_OSB_HARD_RO      0x0002
-#define OCFS2_OSB_ERROR_FS     0x0004
-#define OCFS2_DEFAULT_ATIME_QUANTUM    60
+#define OCFS2_OSB_SOFT_RO                      0x0001
+#define OCFS2_OSB_HARD_RO                      0x0002
+#define OCFS2_OSB_ERROR_FS                     0x0004
+#define OCFS2_OSB_DROP_DENTRY_LOCK_IMMED       0x0008
+
+#define OCFS2_DEFAULT_ATIME_QUANTUM            60
 
 struct ocfs2_journal;
 struct ocfs2_slot_info;
        spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
 }
 
+
+static inline unsigned long  ocfs2_test_osb_flag(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+                                                unsigned long flag)
+{
+       unsigned long ret;
+
+       spin_lock(&osb->osb_lock);
+       ret = osb->osb_flags & flag;
+       spin_unlock(&osb->osb_lock);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 static inline void ocfs2_set_ro_flag(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
                                     int hard)
 {
 
                           mnt);
 }
 
+static void ocfs2_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+       struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
+
+       /* Prevent further queueing of inode drop events */
+       spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
+       ocfs2_set_osb_flag(osb, OCFS2_OSB_DROP_DENTRY_LOCK_IMMED);
+       spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
+       /* Wait for work to finish and/or remove it */
+       cancel_work_sync(&osb->dentry_lock_work);
+
+       kill_block_super(sb);
+}
+
 static struct file_system_type ocfs2_fs_type = {
        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
        .name           = "ocfs2",
        .get_sb         = ocfs2_get_sb, /* is this called when we mount
                                        * the fs? */
-       .kill_sb        = kill_block_super, /* set to the generic one
-                                            * right now, but do we
-                                            * need to change that? */
+       .kill_sb        = ocfs2_kill_sb,
+
        .fs_flags       = FS_REQUIRES_DEV|FS_RENAME_DOES_D_MOVE,
        .next           = NULL
 };
 
        debugfs_remove(osb->osb_ctxt);
 
+       /*
+        * Flush inode dropping work queue so that deletes are
+        * performed while the filesystem is still working
+        */
+       ocfs2_drop_all_dl_inodes(osb);
+
        /* Orphan scan should be stopped as early as possible */
        ocfs2_orphan_scan_stop(osb);