diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index ed1be02dc1c3fa76676e4c7adb9ef88e479fc83b..39af75dd2bf611f41465caaba67f095f817adaf9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ xfs_inode_alloc(
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* VFS doesn't initialise i_mode! */
+	/* VFS doesn't initialise i_mode or i_state! */
 	VFS_I(ip)->i_mode = 0;
+	VFS_I(ip)->i_state = 0;
 
 	XFS_STATS_INC(mp, vn_active);
 	ASSERT(atomic_read(&ip->i_pincount) == 0);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index b7f7b31a77d590356f7d7b917d2aa76afb81e63d..6a3026e78a9bb5a4693630a769a9bcee36e06a94 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ xfs_setup_inode(
 	gfp_t			gfp_mask;
 
 	inode->i_ino = ip->i_ino;
-	inode->i_state = I_NEW;
+	inode->i_state |= I_NEW;
 
 	inode_sb_list_add(inode);
 	/* make the inode look hashed for the writeback code */