diff -rup linux-2.4.8-pre3/fs/reiserfs/inode.c linux-2.4.8-pre3.patched/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
--- linux-2.4.8-pre3/fs/reiserfs/inode.c	Wed Aug  1 17:21:10 2001
+++ linux-2.4.8-pre3.patched/fs/reiserfs/inode.c	Wed Aug  1 21:33:37 2001
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ void reiserfs_delete_inode (struct inode
 	;
     }
     clear_inode (inode); /* note this must go after the journal_end to prevent deadlock */
+    inode->i_blocks = 0;
     unlock_kernel() ;
 }