diff --git a/fs/exfat/balloc.c b/fs/exfat/balloc.c
index 9ff825f1502d..cc01556c9d9b 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/balloc.c
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ int exfat_clear_bitmap(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu, bool sync)
 	unsigned int ent_idx;
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct exfat_sb_info *sbi = EXFAT_SB(sb);
-	struct exfat_mount_options *opts = &sbi->options;
 
 	if (!is_valid_cluster(sbi, clu))
 		return -EIO;
@@ -163,19 +162,6 @@ int exfat_clear_bitmap(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu, bool sync)
 
 	exfat_update_bh(sbi->vol_amap[i], sync);
 
-	if (opts->discard) {
-		int ret_discard;
-
-		ret_discard = sb_issue_discard(sb,
-			exfat_cluster_to_sector(sbi, clu),
-			(1 << sbi->sect_per_clus_bits), GFP_NOFS, 0);
-
-		if (ret_discard == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
-			exfat_err(sb, "discard not supported by device, disabling");
-			opts->discard = 0;
-		}
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/exfat/fatent.c b/fs/exfat/fatent.c
index 6f3651c6ca91..b9473a69f104 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/fatent.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/fatent.c
@@ -144,6 +144,20 @@ int exfat_chain_cont_cluster(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int chain,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void exfat_discard_cluster(struct super_block *sb,
+		unsigned int clu, unsigned int num_clusters)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct exfat_sb_info *sbi = EXFAT_SB(sb);
+
+	ret = sb_issue_discard(sb, exfat_cluster_to_sector(sbi, clu),
+			sbi->sect_per_clus * num_clusters, GFP_NOFS, 0);
+	if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+		exfat_err(sb, "discard not supported by device, disabling");
+		sbi->options.discard = 0;
+	}
+}
+
 /* This function must be called with bitmap_lock held */
 static int __exfat_free_cluster(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_chain)
 {
@@ -196,7 +210,12 @@ static int __exfat_free_cluster(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_chain
 			clu++;
 			num_clusters++;
 		} while (num_clusters < p_chain->size);
+
+		if (sbi->options.discard)
+			exfat_discard_cluster(sb, p_chain->dir, p_chain->size);
 	} else {
+		unsigned int nr_clu = 1;
+
 		do {
 			bool sync = false;
 			unsigned int n_clu = clu;
@@ -215,6 +234,16 @@ static int __exfat_free_cluster(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_chain
 
 			if (exfat_clear_bitmap(inode, clu, (sync && IS_DIRSYNC(inode))))
 				break;
+
+			if (sbi->options.discard) {
+				if (n_clu == clu + 1)
+					nr_clu++;
+				else {
+					exfat_discard_cluster(sb, clu - nr_clu + 1, nr_clu);
+					nr_clu = 1;
+				}
+			}
+
 			clu = n_clu;
 			num_clusters++;