diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 41e26ad86fc3..bc80082a2375 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2411,16 +2411,17 @@ extern int ext4fs_dirhash(const char *name, int len, struct
 /* ialloc.c */
 extern struct inode *__ext4_new_inode(handle_t *, struct inode *, umode_t,
 				      const struct qstr *qstr, __u32 goal,
-				      uid_t *owner, int handle_type,
-				      unsigned int line_no, int nblocks);
+				      uid_t *owner, __u32 i_flags,
+				      int handle_type, unsigned int line_no,
+				      int nblocks);
 
-#define ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, mode, qstr, goal, owner) \
+#define ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, mode, qstr, goal, owner, i_flags) \
 	__ext4_new_inode((handle), (dir), (mode), (qstr), (goal), (owner), \
-			 0, 0, 0)
+			 i_flags, 0, 0, 0)
 #define ext4_new_inode_start_handle(dir, mode, qstr, goal, owner, \
 				    type, nblocks)		    \
 	__ext4_new_inode(NULL, (dir), (mode), (qstr), (goal), (owner), \
-			 (type), __LINE__, (nblocks))
+			 0, (type), __LINE__, (nblocks))
 
 
 extern void ext4_free_inode(handle_t *, struct inode *);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index e2eb3cc06820..fb1b3df17f6e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -742,8 +742,9 @@ out:
  */
 struct inode *__ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 			       umode_t mode, const struct qstr *qstr,
-			       __u32 goal, uid_t *owner, int handle_type,
-			       unsigned int line_no, int nblocks)
+			       __u32 goal, uid_t *owner, __u32 i_flags,
+			       int handle_type, unsigned int line_no,
+			       int nblocks)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	struct buffer_head *inode_bitmap_bh = NULL;
@@ -1052,6 +1053,7 @@ got:
 	/* Don't inherit extent flag from directory, amongst others. */
 	ei->i_flags =
 		ext4_mask_flags(mode, EXT4_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT4_FL_INHERITED);
+	ei->i_flags |= i_flags;
 	ei->i_file_acl = 0;
 	ei->i_dtime = 0;
 	ei->i_block_group = group;
@@ -1108,9 +1110,11 @@ got:
 			goto fail_free_drop;
 	}
 
-	err = ext4_init_acl(handle, inode, dir);
-	if (err)
-		goto fail_free_drop;
+	if (!(ei->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL)) {
+		err = ext4_init_acl(handle, inode, dir);
+		if (err)
+			goto fail_free_drop;
+	}
 
 	err = ext4_init_security(handle, inode, dir, qstr);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
index 364ea4d4a943..cf5181b62df1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 	owner[0] = i_uid_read(inode);
 	owner[1] = i_gid_read(inode);
 	tmp_inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, d_inode(inode->i_sb->s_root),
-				   S_IFREG, NULL, goal, owner);
+				   S_IFREG, NULL, goal, owner, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(tmp_inode)) {
 		retval = PTR_ERR(tmp_inode);
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 02b0462fec62..df032f50436b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -830,7 +830,8 @@ static struct inode *ext4_xattr_inode_create(handle_t *handle,
 	 * in the same group, or nearby one.
 	 */
 	ea_inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, inode->i_sb->s_root->d_inode,
-				  S_IFREG | 0600, NULL, inode->i_ino + 1, NULL);
+				  S_IFREG | 0600, NULL, inode->i_ino + 1, NULL,
+				  EXT4_EA_INODE_FL);
 	if (!IS_ERR(ea_inode)) {
 		ea_inode->i_op = &ext4_file_inode_operations;
 		ea_inode->i_fop = &ext4_file_operations;