2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index d5193b55ca94..d4700d101ea7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ struct flex_groups {
 #define EXT4_FL_USER_VISIBLE            0x000BDFFF /* User visible flags */
 #define EXT4_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE         0x000B80FF /* User modifiable flags */
 
+/* Flags that should be inherited by new inodes from their parent. */
+#define EXT4_FL_INHERITED (EXT4_SECRM_FL | EXT4_UNRM_FL | EXT4_COMPR_FL |\
+                           EXT4_SYNC_FL | EXT4_IMMUTABLE_FL | EXT4_APPEND_FL |\
+                           EXT4_NODUMP_FL | EXT4_NOATIME_FL |\
+                           EXT4_NOCOMPR_FL | EXT4_JOURNAL_DATA_FL |\
+                           EXT4_NOTAIL_FL | EXT4_DIRSYNC_FL)
+
 /*
  * Inode dynamic state flags
  */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index fb51b40e3e8f..1ff3df086e58 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ got:
          * newly created directory and file only if -o extent mount option is
          * specified
          */
-        ei->i_flags = EXT4_I(dir)->i_flags & ~(EXT4_INDEX_FL|EXT4_EXTENTS_FL);
+        ei->i_flags = EXT4_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT4_FL_INHERITED;
         if (S_ISLNK(mode))
                 ei->i_flags &= ~(EXT4_IMMUTABLE_FL|EXT4_APPEND_FL);
         /* dirsync only applies to directories */