1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index ba9186a21d1e..8de6c720e510 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -559,12 +559,8 @@ got:
         ei->i_dir_start_lookup = 0;
         ei->i_disksize = 0;
 
-        ei->i_flags = EXT3_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT3_FL_INHERITED;
-        if (S_ISLNK(mode))
-                ei->i_flags &= ~(EXT3_IMMUTABLE_FL|EXT3_APPEND_FL);
-        /* dirsync only applies to directories */
-        if (!S_ISDIR(mode))
-                ei->i_flags &= ~EXT3_DIRSYNC_FL;
+        ei->i_flags =
+                ext3_mask_flags(mode, EXT3_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT3_FL_INHERITED);
 #ifdef EXT3_FRAGMENTS
         ei->i_faddr = 0;
         ei->i_frag_no = 0;