diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 3cc5fb01afa1..ce88602b0d57 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -657,8 +657,10 @@ static void fat_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
 		inode->i_size = 0;
 		fat_truncate_blocks(inode, 0);
-	} else
+	} else {
+		sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping);
 		fat_free_eofblocks(inode);
+	}
 
 	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
 	clear_inode(inode);