diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index bd60e08..798cd6f 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1540,7 +1540,22 @@ static void ext3_orphan_cleanup (struct super_block * sb,
 			jbd_debug(2, "truncating inode %lu to %Ld bytes\n",
 				  inode->i_ino, inode->i_size);
 			ext3_truncate(inode);
-			nr_truncates++;
+			if (list_empty(&EXT3_I(inode)->i_orphan)) {
+				nr_truncates++;
+			} else {
+				/* Remove inode from in-memory orphan list */
+				list_del_init(&EXT3_I(inode)->i_orphan);
+				ext3_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "Truncate failed for "
+                                        "orphan  inode = %lu. Running e2fsck"
+                                        " is recommended", inode->i_ino);
+				if (!(s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+					ext3_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "FS would be"
+						" mounted as readonly");
+					s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
+				}
+				break;
+			}
+
 		} else {
 			printk(KERN_DEBUG
 				"%s: deleting unreferenced inode %lu\n",