diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 71df1b1e8f75..f80a79ff156b 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1034,19 +1034,21 @@ void generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	inodes_stat.nr_inodes--;
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 
-	if (inode->i_data.nrpages)
-		truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-
 	security_inode_delete(inode);
 
 	if (op->delete_inode) {
 		void (*delete)(struct inode *) = op->delete_inode;
 		if (!is_bad_inode(inode))
 			DQUOT_INIT(inode);
-		/* s_op->delete_inode internally recalls clear_inode() */
+		/* Filesystems implementing their own
+		 * s_op->delete_inode are required to call
+		 * truncate_inode_pages and clear_inode()
+		 * internally */
 		delete(inode);
-	} else
+	} else {
+		truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 		clear_inode(inode);
+	}
 	spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 	hlist_del_init(&inode->i_hash);
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);