2 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 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;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
index b7394d05ee8e..5e86ce9a86e0 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd,
                         goto flags_out;
                 }
 
-                if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-                        flags &= ~EXT3_DIRSYNC_FL;
+                flags = ext3_mask_flags(inode->i_mode, flags);
 
                 mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
                 /* Is it quota file? Do not allow user to mess with it */