diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c
index 7f464c513ba0..6b0f816201a2 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c
@@ -29,20 +29,20 @@
 void jfs_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	unsigned int flags = JFS_IP(inode)->mode2;
-
-	inode->i_flags &= ~(S_IMMUTABLE | S_APPEND |
-		S_NOATIME | S_DIRSYNC | S_SYNC);
+	unsigned int new_fl = 0;
 
 	if (flags & JFS_IMMUTABLE_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
+		new_fl |= S_IMMUTABLE;
 	if (flags & JFS_APPEND_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_APPEND;
+		new_fl |= S_APPEND;
 	if (flags & JFS_NOATIME_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
+		new_fl |= S_NOATIME;
 	if (flags & JFS_DIRSYNC_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_DIRSYNC;
+		new_fl |= S_DIRSYNC;
 	if (flags & JFS_SYNC_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_SYNC;
+		new_fl |= S_SYNC;
+	inode_set_flags(inode, new_fl, S_IMMUTABLE | S_APPEND | S_NOATIME |
+			S_DIRSYNC | S_SYNC);
 }
 
 void jfs_get_inode_flags(struct jfs_inode_info *jfs_ip)