diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index b6c3c5f8628e28..60d4f59f7665d7 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -2190,6 +2190,14 @@ static int nilfs_segctor_sync(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 	for (;;) {
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
+		/*
+		 * Synchronize only while the log writer thread is alive.
+		 * Leave flushing out after the log writer thread exits to
+		 * the cleanup work in nilfs_segctor_destroy().
+		 */
+		if (!sci->sc_task)
+			break;
+
 		if (atomic_read(&wait_req.done)) {
 			err = wait_req.err;
 			break;
@@ -2205,7 +2213,7 @@ static int nilfs_segctor_sync(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void nilfs_segctor_wakeup(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci, int err)
+static void nilfs_segctor_wakeup(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci, int err, bool force)
 {
 	struct nilfs_segctor_wait_request *wrq, *n;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -2213,7 +2221,7 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_wakeup(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci, int err)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&sci->sc_wait_request.lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(wrq, n, &sci->sc_wait_request.head, wq.entry) {
 		if (!atomic_read(&wrq->done) &&
-		    nilfs_cnt32_ge(sci->sc_seq_done, wrq->seq)) {
+		    (force || nilfs_cnt32_ge(sci->sc_seq_done, wrq->seq))) {
 			wrq->err = err;
 			atomic_set(&wrq->done, 1);
 		}
@@ -2362,7 +2370,7 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_notify(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci, int mode, int err)
 	if (mode == SC_LSEG_SR) {
 		sci->sc_state &= ~NILFS_SEGCTOR_COMMIT;
 		sci->sc_seq_done = sci->sc_seq_accepted;
-		nilfs_segctor_wakeup(sci, err);
+		nilfs_segctor_wakeup(sci, err, false);
 		sci->sc_flush_request = 0;
 	} else {
 		if (mode == SC_FLUSH_FILE)
@@ -2746,6 +2754,13 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_destroy(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 		|| sci->sc_seq_request != sci->sc_seq_done);
 	spin_unlock(&sci->sc_state_lock);
 
+	/*
+	 * Forcibly wake up tasks waiting in nilfs_segctor_sync(), which can
+	 * be called from delayed iput() via nilfs_evict_inode() and can race
+	 * with the above log writer thread termination.
+	 */
+	nilfs_segctor_wakeup(sci, 0, true);
+
 	if (flush_work(&sci->sc_iput_work))
 		flag = true;