diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
index b574431a031d..2f28b7de2c8d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
@@ -310,22 +310,19 @@ out_attach:
 	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);
@@ -333,11 +330,32 @@ void ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(struct work_struct *work)
 		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.
  *
@@ -368,7 +386,8 @@ static void ocfs2_drop_dentry_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	/* 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;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
index faa12e75f98d..f5dd1789acf1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.h
@@ -49,10 +49,13 @@ struct ocfs2_dentry_lock {
 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);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index c9345ebb8493..39e1d5a39505 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -224,10 +224,12 @@ enum ocfs2_mount_options
 	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;
@@ -490,6 +492,18 @@ static inline void ocfs2_set_osb_flag(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	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)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 63af2e36d834..f2893878f8ad 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1213,14 +1213,27 @@ static int ocfs2_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 			   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
 };
@@ -1819,6 +1832,12 @@ static void ocfs2_dismount_volume(struct super_block *sb, int mnt_err)
 
 	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);