diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 8138b1176867c43832843307594c48a32f4e4043..766cb85fe2f192030c6146daaf4e9b284f12d656 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -443,19 +443,20 @@ struct inode *nilfs_new_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
 void nilfs_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	unsigned int flags = NILFS_I(inode)->i_flags;
+	unsigned int new_fl = 0;
 
-	inode->i_flags &= ~(S_SYNC | S_APPEND | S_IMMUTABLE | S_NOATIME |
-			    S_DIRSYNC);
 	if (flags & FS_SYNC_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_SYNC;
+		new_fl |= S_SYNC;
 	if (flags & FS_APPEND_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_APPEND;
+		new_fl |= S_APPEND;
 	if (flags & FS_IMMUTABLE_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
+		new_fl |= S_IMMUTABLE;
 	if (flags & FS_NOATIME_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
+		new_fl |= S_NOATIME;
 	if (flags & FS_DIRSYNC_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_DIRSYNC;
+		new_fl |= S_DIRSYNC;
+	inode_set_flags(inode, new_fl, S_SYNC | S_APPEND | S_IMMUTABLE |
+			S_NOATIME | S_DIRSYNC);
 }
 
 int nilfs_read_inode_common(struct inode *inode,