diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index 7712682..47b678d 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -669,6 +669,14 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		goto iget_failed;
 
+	/*
+	 * If the orphans has i_nlinks > 0 then it should be able to be
+	 * truncated, otherwise it won't be removed from the orphan list
+	 * during processing and an infinite loop will result.
+	 */
+	if (inode->i_nlink && !ext3_can_truncate(inode))
+		goto bad_orphan;
+
 	if (NEXT_ORPHAN(inode) > max_ino)
 		goto bad_orphan;
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
@@ -690,6 +698,7 @@
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "NEXT_ORPHAN(inode)=%u\n",
 		       NEXT_ORPHAN(inode));
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "max_ino=%lu\n", max_ino);
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "i_nlink=%u\n", inode->i_nlink);
 		/* Avoid freeing blocks if we got a bad deleted inode */
 		if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
 			inode->i_blocks = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 6ae4ecf..74b432fa 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2253,6 +2253,19 @@
 	}
 }
 
+int ext3_can_truncate(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
+		return 0;
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		return 1;
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+		return 1;
+	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+		return !ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * ext3_truncate()
  *
@@ -2297,12 +2310,7 @@
 	unsigned blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
 	struct page *page;
 
-	if (!(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ||
-	    S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)))
-		return;
-	if (ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
-		return;
-	if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
+	if (!ext3_can_truncate(inode))
 		return;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
index 36c5403..80171ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -832,6 +832,7 @@
 extern void ext3_dirty_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int ext3_change_inode_journal_flag(struct inode *, int);
 extern int ext3_get_inode_loc(struct inode *, struct ext3_iloc *);
+extern int ext3_can_truncate(struct inode *inode);
 extern void ext3_truncate (struct inode *);
 extern void ext3_set_inode_flags(struct inode *);
 extern void ext3_get_inode_flags(struct ext3_inode_info *);