diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 8fefb69e1f84a93dd10f7be2af07cb510c440086..25bd2635c1614c356e6e62e56c609c1e149f6ffd 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -752,16 +752,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(evict_inodes);
 /**
  * invalidate_inodes	- attempt to free all inodes on a superblock
  * @sb:		superblock to operate on
- * @kill_dirty: flag to guide handling of dirty inodes
  *
- * Attempts to free all inodes for a given superblock.  If there were any
- * busy inodes return a non-zero value, else zero.
- * If @kill_dirty is set, discard dirty inodes too, otherwise treat
- * them as busy.
+ * Attempts to free all inodes (including dirty inodes) for a given superblock.
  */
-int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *sb, bool kill_dirty)
+void invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	int busy = 0;
 	struct inode *inode, *next;
 	LIST_HEAD(dispose);
 
@@ -773,14 +768,8 @@ int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *sb, bool kill_dirty)
 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_ALL && !kill_dirty) {
-			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-			busy = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
 		if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-			busy = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -798,8 +787,6 @@ int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *sb, bool kill_dirty)
 	spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
 
 	dispose_list(&dispose);
-
-	return busy;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index f7a3dc1110264772b38173471f3aa925cbd0d474..b94290f61714a0586d0bd9e45a10aa52a8900bd2 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ void lock_two_inodes(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2,
  * fs-writeback.c
  */
 extern long get_nr_dirty_inodes(void);
-extern int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *, bool);
+void invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *sb);
 
 /*
  * dcache.c
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 1c7c7485543763d8750b14415de6b137f636f315..c878e7373f93ca6c0a05d449220fdd3e82da8b7b 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ static void fs_bdev_mark_dead(struct block_device *bdev, bool surprise)
 	if (!surprise)
 		sync_filesystem(sb);
 	shrink_dcache_sb(sb);
-	invalidate_inodes(sb, true);
+	invalidate_inodes(sb);
 	if (sb->s_op->shutdown)
 		sb->s_op->shutdown(sb);