diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index dc7e7ab701c6..505b2c1eed50 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -1787,12 +1787,14 @@ int ntfs_unlink_inode(struct inode *dir, const struct dentry *dentry)
 
 void ntfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	truncate_inode_pages_final(&inode->i_data);
+	if (inode->i_nlink || unlikely(is_bad_inode(inode))) {
+		truncate_inode_pages_final(&inode->i_data);
 
-	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
-	clear_inode(inode);
+		invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
+		clear_inode(inode);
 
-	ni_clear(ntfs_i(inode));
+		ni_clear(ntfs_i(inode));
+	}
 }
 
 /*