diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 25264c4..5b6dcba 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/printk.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
 
 #include "ext4_jbd2.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
@@ -3580,18 +3581,20 @@
 void ext4_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	unsigned int flags = EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags;
+	unsigned int new_fl = 0;
 
-	inode->i_flags &= ~(S_SYNC|S_APPEND|S_IMMUTABLE|S_NOATIME|S_DIRSYNC);
 	if (flags & EXT4_SYNC_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_SYNC;
+		new_fl |= S_SYNC;
 	if (flags & EXT4_APPEND_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_APPEND;
+		new_fl |= S_APPEND;
 	if (flags & EXT4_IMMUTABLE_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
+		new_fl |= S_IMMUTABLE;
 	if (flags & EXT4_NOATIME_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
+		new_fl |= S_NOATIME;
 	if (flags & EXT4_DIRSYNC_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_DIRSYNC;
+		new_fl |= S_DIRSYNC;
+	set_mask_bits(&inode->i_flags,
+		      S_SYNC|S_APPEND|S_IMMUTABLE|S_NOATIME|S_DIRSYNC, new_fl);
 }
 
 /* Propagate flags from i_flags to EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags */