--- 2.4.0-test5-classzone/fs/inode.c.~1~	Wed Aug 16 05:17:24 2000
+++ 2.4.0-test5-classzone/fs/inode.c	Thu Aug 17 18:33:53 2000
@@ -777,6 +780,7 @@
 			list_del(&inode->i_list);
 			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_list);
 			inode->i_state|=I_FREEING;
+			inodes_stat.nr_inodes--;
 			spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 
 			if (inode->i_data.nrpages)
@@ -805,11 +809,11 @@
 				list_del(&inode->i_list);
 				INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_list);
 				inode->i_state|=I_FREEING;
+				inodes_stat.nr_inodes--;
 				spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 				clear_inode(inode);
 			}
 		}
-		inodes_stat.nr_inodes--;
 		destroy_inode(inode);
 	}
 }