btrfs_i_size_write(inode, 0);
 
        /*
-        * This is a bit simpler than btrfs_truncate since
-        *
-        * 1) We've already reserved our space for our orphan item in the
-        *    unlink.
-        * 2) We're going to delete the inode item, so we don't need to update
-        *    it at all.
-        *
-        * So we just need to reserve some slack space in case we add bytes when
-        * doing the truncate.
+        * This is a bit simpler than btrfs_truncate since we've already
+        * reserved our space for our orphan item in the unlink, so we just
+        * need to reserve some slack space in case we add bytes and update
+        * inode item when doing the truncate.
         */
        while (1) {
                ret = btrfs_block_rsv_refill_noflush(root, rsv, min_size);
                        goto no_delete;
                }
 
-               trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
+               trans = btrfs_start_transaction_noflush(root, 1);
                if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
                        btrfs_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
                        btrfs_free_block_rsv(root, rsv);
                if (ret != -ENOSPC)
                        break;
 
+               trans->block_rsv = &root->fs_info->trans_block_rsv;
+               ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
+               BUG_ON(ret);
+
                nr = trans->blocks_used;
                btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
                trans = NULL;
 
 }
 
 static struct btrfs_trans_handle *start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
-                                                   u64 num_items, int type)
+                                                   u64 num_items, int type,
+                                                   int noflush)
 {
        struct btrfs_trans_handle *h;
        struct btrfs_transaction *cur_trans;
                }
 
                num_bytes = btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(root, num_items);
-               ret = btrfs_block_rsv_add(root,
-                                         &root->fs_info->trans_block_rsv,
-                                         num_bytes);
+               if (noflush)
+                       ret = btrfs_block_rsv_add_noflush(root,
+                                               &root->fs_info->trans_block_rsv,
+                                               num_bytes);
+               else
+                       ret = btrfs_block_rsv_add(root,
+                                               &root->fs_info->trans_block_rsv,
+                                               num_bytes);
                if (ret)
                        return ERR_PTR(ret);
        }
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
                                                   int num_items)
 {
-       return start_transaction(root, num_items, TRANS_START);
+       return start_transaction(root, num_items, TRANS_START, 0);
 }
+
+struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction_noflush(
+                                       struct btrfs_root *root, int num_items)
+{
+       return start_transaction(root, num_items, TRANS_START, 1);
+}
+
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_join_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
-       return start_transaction(root, 0, TRANS_JOIN);
+       return start_transaction(root, 0, TRANS_JOIN, 0);
 }
 
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_join_transaction_nolock(struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
-       return start_transaction(root, 0, TRANS_JOIN_NOLOCK);
+       return start_transaction(root, 0, TRANS_JOIN_NOLOCK, 0);
 }
 
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_ioctl_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
-       return start_transaction(root, 0, TRANS_USERSPACE);
+       return start_transaction(root, 0, TRANS_USERSPACE, 0);
 }
 
 /* wait for a transaction commit to be fully complete */
 
                                 struct btrfs_root *root);
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
                                                   int num_items);
+struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction_noflush(
+                                       struct btrfs_root *root, int num_items);
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_join_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root);
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_join_transaction_nolock(struct btrfs_root *root);
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_ioctl_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root);