2 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
index b5598e1393d9..66321a877e74 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
@@ -565,12 +565,8 @@ got:
         inode->i_blocks = 0;
         inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
         memset(ei->i_data, 0, sizeof(ei->i_data));
-        ei->i_flags = EXT2_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT2_FL_INHERITED;
-        if (S_ISLNK(mode))
-                ei->i_flags &= ~(EXT2_IMMUTABLE_FL|EXT2_APPEND_FL);
-        /* dirsync is only applied to directories */
-        if (!S_ISDIR(mode))
-                ei->i_flags &= ~EXT2_DIRSYNC_FL;
+        ei->i_flags =
+                ext2_mask_flags(mode, EXT2_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT2_FL_INHERITED);
         ei->i_faddr = 0;
         ei->i_frag_no = 0;
         ei->i_frag_size = 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ioctl.c b/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
index de876fa793e1..7cb4badef927 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ long ext2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
                         goto setflags_out;
                 }
 
-                if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-                        flags &= ~EXT2_DIRSYNC_FL;
+                flags = ext2_mask_flags(inode->i_mode, flags);
 
                 mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
                 /* Is it quota file? Do not allow user to mess with it */