diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 8ad112ae0ade2f21a953ccc03b687939b0b81310..e34deac3f3663ee3fdaf7d19b44acf5eab45d6ca 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			else
 				ext4_clear_inode_flag(inode, i);
 		}
-		ei->i_flags = flags;
 
 		ext4_set_inode_flags(inode);
 		inode->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(inode);