diff --git a/fs/fscache/object.c b/fs/fscache/object.c
index 80b549141ea6a5de2afb8552ac3ac23c8da54ae5..2ef8a082a2728ff2bac7f9ba181ebba21fa533e5 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/object.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/object.c
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ static void fscache_object_state_machine(struct fscache_object *object)
 		/* wait for the parent object to become ready */
 	case FSCACHE_OBJECT_INIT:
 		object->event_mask =
-			ULONG_MAX & ~(1 << FSCACHE_OBJECT_EV_CLEARED);
+			FSCACHE_OBJECT_EVENTS_MASK &
+			~(1 << FSCACHE_OBJECT_EV_CLEARED);
 		fscache_initialise_object(object);
 		goto done;