diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 1ce240a..eb9097a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@
 	inode->i_generation = sbi->s_next_generation++;
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
 
-	ei->i_state_flags = 0;
+	ext4_clear_state_flags(ei); /* Only relevant on 32-bit archs */
 	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NEW);
 
 	ei->i_extra_isize = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_want_extra_isize;