diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 6cd4553286b6..fc35dd27cc0f 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1479,12 +1479,48 @@ static bool has_bh_in_lru(int cpu, void *dummy)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void __evict_bh_lru(void *arg)
+{
+	struct bh_lru *b = &get_cpu_var(bh_lrus);
+	struct buffer_head *bh = arg;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < BH_LRU_SIZE; i++) {
+		if (b->bhs[i] == bh) {
+			brelse(b->bhs[i]);
+			b->bhs[i] = NULL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+out:
+	put_cpu_var(bh_lrus);
+}
+
+static bool bh_exists_in_lru(int cpu, void *arg)
+{
+	struct bh_lru *b = per_cpu_ptr(&bh_lrus, cpu);
+	struct buffer_head *bh = arg;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < BH_LRU_SIZE; i++) {
+		if (b->bhs[i] == bh)
+			return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+}
 void invalidate_bh_lrus(void)
 {
 	on_each_cpu_cond(has_bh_in_lru, invalidate_bh_lru, NULL, 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(invalidate_bh_lrus);
 
+static void evict_bh_lrus(struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	on_each_cpu_cond(bh_exists_in_lru, __evict_bh_lru, bh, 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
+}
+
 void set_bh_page(struct buffer_head *bh,
 		struct page *page, unsigned long offset)
 {
@@ -3205,8 +3241,15 @@ drop_buffers(struct page *page, struct buffer_head **buffers_to_free)
 	do {
 		if (buffer_write_io_error(bh) && page->mapping)
 			set_bit(AS_EIO, &page->mapping->flags);
-		if (buffer_busy(bh))
-			goto failed;
+		if (buffer_busy(bh)) {
+			/*
+			 * Check if the busy failure was due to an
+			 * outstanding LRU reference
+			 */
+			evict_bh_lrus(bh);
+			if (buffer_busy(bh))
+				goto failed;
+		}
 		bh = bh->b_this_page;
 	} while (bh != head);