diff --git a/lfs.c b/lfs.c
index c554135..b174661 100644
--- a/lfs.c
+++ b/lfs.c
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ static int lfs_dir_compact(lfs_t *lfs,
         lfs_mdir_t *dir, const struct lfs_mattr *attrs, int attrcount,
         lfs_mdir_t *source, uint16_t begin, uint16_t end);
 static int lfs_file_relocate(lfs_t *lfs, lfs_file_t *file);
+static int lfs_file_outline(lfs_t *lfs, lfs_file_t *file);
 static int lfs_file_flush(lfs_t *lfs, lfs_file_t *file);
 static void lfs_fs_preporphans(lfs_t *lfs, int8_t orphans);
 static void lfs_fs_prepmove(lfs_t *lfs,
@@ -633,8 +634,9 @@ static int lfs_dir_traverse_filter(void *p,
     // check for redundancy
     uint32_t mask = LFS_MKTAG(0x7ff, 0x3ff, 0);
     if ((mask & tag) == (mask & *filtertag) ||
-        (mask & tag) == (LFS_MKTAG(LFS_TYPE_DELETE, 0, 0) |
-            (LFS_MKTAG(0, 0x3ff, 0) & *filtertag))) {
+            lfs_tag_isdelete(*filtertag) ||
+            (mask & tag) == (LFS_MKTAG(LFS_TYPE_DELETE, 0, 0) |
+                (LFS_MKTAG(0, 0x3ff, 0) & *filtertag))) {
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -1643,11 +1645,7 @@ static int lfs_dir_commit(lfs_t *lfs, lfs_mdir_t *dir,
         if (dir != &f->m && lfs_pair_cmp(f->m.pair, dir->pair) == 0 &&
                 f->type == LFS_TYPE_REG && (f->flags & LFS_F_INLINE) &&
                 f->ctz.size > lfs->cfg->cache_size) {
-            f->flags &= ~LFS_F_READING;
-            f->off = 0;
-
-            lfs_alloc_ack(lfs);
-            int err = lfs_file_relocate(lfs, f);
+            int err = lfs_file_outline(lfs, f);
             if (err) {
                 return err;
             }
@@ -2473,7 +2471,6 @@ static int lfs_file_relocate(lfs_t *lfs, lfs_file_t *file) {
         lfs_cache_zero(lfs, &lfs->pcache);
 
         file->block = nblock;
-        file->flags &= ~LFS_F_INLINE;
         file->flags |= LFS_F_WRITING;
         return 0;
 
@@ -2485,6 +2482,19 @@ relocate:
     }
 }
 
+static int lfs_file_outline(lfs_t *lfs, lfs_file_t *file) {
+    file->off = file->pos;
+    lfs_alloc_ack(lfs);
+    int err = lfs_file_relocate(lfs, file);
+    if (err) {
+        return err;
+    }
+
+    file->flags &= ~LFS_F_INLINE;
+    file->flags |= LFS_F_OUTLINE;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static int lfs_file_flush(lfs_t *lfs, lfs_file_t *file) {
     if (file->flags & LFS_F_READING) {
         if (!(file->flags & LFS_F_INLINE)) {
@@ -2596,6 +2606,9 @@ int lfs_file_sync(lfs_t *lfs, lfs_file_t *file) {
 
             // commit file data and attributes
             err = lfs_dir_commit(lfs, &file->m, LFS_MKATTRS(
+                    {file->flags & LFS_F_OUTLINE
+                        ? LFS_MKTAG(LFS_TYPE_INLINESTRUCT, file->id, 0x3ff)
+                        : LFS_MKTAG(LFS_FROM_NOOP, 0, 0), NULL},
                     {LFS_MKTAG(type, file->id, size), buffer},
                     {LFS_MKTAG(LFS_FROM_USERATTRS, file->id,
                         file->cfg->attr_count), file->cfg->attrs}));
@@ -2607,15 +2620,14 @@ int lfs_file_sync(lfs_t *lfs, lfs_file_t *file) {
                 return err;
             }
 
-            file->flags &= ~LFS_F_DIRTY;
+            file->flags &= ~LFS_F_DIRTY & ~LFS_F_OUTLINE;
         }
 
         return 0;
 
 relocate:
         // inline file doesn't fit anymore
-        file->off = file->pos;
-        err = lfs_file_relocate(lfs, file);
+        err = lfs_file_outline(lfs, file);
         if (err) {
             file->flags |= LFS_F_ERRED;
             return err;
@@ -2740,9 +2752,7 @@ lfs_ssize_t lfs_file_write(lfs_t *lfs, lfs_file_t *file,
             lfs_min(0x3fe, lfs_min(
                 lfs->cfg->cache_size, lfs->cfg->block_size/8))) {
         // inline file doesn't fit anymore
-        file->off = file->pos;
-        lfs_alloc_ack(lfs);
-        int err = lfs_file_relocate(lfs, file);
+        int err = lfs_file_outline(lfs, file);
         if (err) {
             file->flags |= LFS_F_ERRED;
             return err;
diff --git a/lfs.h b/lfs.h
index c78b3d6..18a5110 100644
--- a/lfs.h
+++ b/lfs.h
@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ enum lfs_type {
 // File open flags
 enum lfs_open_flags {
     // open flags
-    LFS_O_RDONLY = 1,         // Open a file as read only
-    LFS_O_WRONLY = 2,         // Open a file as write only
-    LFS_O_RDWR   = 3,         // Open a file as read and write
-    LFS_O_CREAT  = 0x0100,    // Create a file if it does not exist
-    LFS_O_EXCL   = 0x0200,    // Fail if a file already exists
-    LFS_O_TRUNC  = 0x0400,    // Truncate the existing file to zero size
-    LFS_O_APPEND = 0x0800,    // Move to end of file on every write
+    LFS_O_RDONLY  = 1,        // Open a file as read only
+    LFS_O_WRONLY  = 2,        // Open a file as write only
+    LFS_O_RDWR    = 3,        // Open a file as read and write
+    LFS_O_CREAT   = 0x0100,   // Create a file if it does not exist
+    LFS_O_EXCL    = 0x0200,   // Fail if a file already exists
+    LFS_O_TRUNC   = 0x0400,   // Truncate the existing file to zero size
+    LFS_O_APPEND  = 0x0800,   // Move to end of file on every write
 
     // internally used flags
     LFS_F_DIRTY   = 0x010000, // File does not match storage
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ enum lfs_open_flags {
     LFS_F_READING = 0x040000, // File has been read since last flush
     LFS_F_ERRED   = 0x080000, // An error occured during write
     LFS_F_INLINE  = 0x100000, // Currently inlined in directory entry
+    LFS_F_OUTLINE = 0x200000, // Need to delete inlined directory entry
 };
 
 // File seek flags