1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index 5655fbcbd11f..ba9186a21d1e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ got:
         ei->i_dir_start_lookup = 0;
         ei->i_disksize = 0;
 
-        ei->i_flags = EXT3_I(dir)->i_flags & ~EXT3_INDEX_FL;
+        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 */