1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c
index ae2772cba2d1..ffd2a8a00787 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ struct inode *ialloc(struct inode *parent, umode_t mode)
                 jfs_inode->mode2 |= IDIRECTORY;
                 jfs_inode->mode2 &= ~JFS_DIRSYNC_FL;
         }
-        else if (S_ISLNK(mode))
-                jfs_inode->mode2 &=
-                        ~(JFS_IMMUTABLE_FL|JFS_APPEND_FL);
-        else
+        else {
                 jfs_inode->mode2 |= INLINEEA | ISPARSE;
+                if (S_ISLNK(mode))
+                        jfs_inode->mode2 &= ~(JFS_IMMUTABLE_FL|JFS_APPEND_FL);
+        }
         jfs_inode->mode2 |= mode;
 
         inode->i_blksize = sb->s_blocksize;