diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.c b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
index 95f082f13a8c..3736e7f3b381 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
@@ -959,10 +959,9 @@ static void gfs2_glock_poke(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 	gfs2_holder_uninit(&gh);
 }
 
-static bool gfs2_try_evict(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
+static void gfs2_try_evict(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 {
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip;
-	bool evicted = false;
 
 	/*
 	 * If there is contention on the iopen glock and we have an inode, try
@@ -997,9 +996,7 @@ static bool gfs2_try_evict(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
 			gfs2_glock_poke(ip->i_gl);
 			iput(&ip->i_inode);
 		}
-		evicted = !ip;
 	}
-	return evicted;
 }
 
 bool gfs2_queue_try_to_evict(struct gfs2_glock *gl)
@@ -1048,13 +1045,7 @@ static void delete_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
 		 * care about compatibility with such nodes, we can skip this
 		 * step entirely.
 		 */
-		if (gfs2_try_evict(gl)) {
-			if (!test_bit(SDF_KILL, &sdp->sd_flags)) {
-				gfs2_glock_hold(gl);
-				if (!gfs2_queue_verify_delete(gl, true))
-					gfs2_glock_put(gl);
-			}
-		}
+		gfs2_try_evict(gl);
 	}
 
 	if (verify_delete) {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index 46d325c2ab88..340bc21de218 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -1499,8 +1499,15 @@ static void gfs2_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	gfs2_holder_mark_uninitialized(&gh);
 	behavior = evict_should_delete(inode, &gh);
-	if (behavior == EVICT_SHOULD_DEFER_DELETE)
+	if (behavior == EVICT_SHOULD_DEFER_DELETE &&
+	    !test_bit(SDF_KILL, &sdp->sd_flags)) {
+		struct gfs2_glock *io_gl = ip->i_iopen_gh.gh_gl;
+
+		gfs2_glock_hold(io_gl);
+		if (!gfs2_queue_verify_delete(io_gl, true))
+			gfs2_glock_put(io_gl);
 		goto out;
+	}
 	if (behavior == EVICT_SHOULD_DELETE)
 		ret = evict_unlinked_inode(inode);
 	else