1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c
index 3764d74790ec..fc0114da7fdd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c
@@ -70,8 +70,16 @@ xfs_fs_encode_fh(
         else
                 fileid_type = FILEID_INO32_GEN_PARENT;
 
-        /* filesystem may contain 64bit inode numbers */
-        if (!(XFS_M(inode->i_sb)->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_SMALL_INUMS))
+        /*
+         * If the the filesystem may contain 64bit inode numbers, we need
+         * to use larger file handles that can represent them.
+         *
+         * While we only allocate inodes that do not fit into 32 bits any
+         * large enough filesystem may contain them, thus the slightly
+         * confusing looking conditional below.
+         */
+        if (!(XFS_M(inode->i_sb)->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_SMALL_INUMS) ||
+            (XFS_M(inode->i_sb)->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_32BITINODES))
                 fileid_type |= XFS_FILEID_TYPE_64FLAG;
 
         /*