diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index c416a01fcb14e46e6448ada7c6fab240aae762e1..996257d36fd1847aac8289e2f62180a9508d0b5d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ mempool_t *xfs_ioend_pool;
 					 * unwritten extent conversion */
 #define MNTOPT_NOBARRIER "nobarrier"	/* .. disable */
 #define MNTOPT_64BITINODE   "inode64"	/* inodes can be allocated anywhere */
+#define MNTOPT_32BITINODE   "inode32"	/* inode allocation limited to
+					 * XFS_MAXINUMBER_32 */
 #define MNTOPT_IKEEP	"ikeep"		/* do not free empty inode clusters */
 #define MNTOPT_NOIKEEP	"noikeep"	/* free empty inode clusters */
 #define MNTOPT_LARGEIO	   "largeio"	/* report large I/O sizes in stat() */
@@ -198,7 +200,9 @@ xfs_parseargs(
 	 */
 	mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
 	mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_COMPAT_IOSIZE;
+#if !XFS_BIG_INUMS
 	mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_SMALL_INUMS;
+#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * These can be overridden by the mount option parsing.
@@ -295,6 +299,8 @@ xfs_parseargs(
 				return EINVAL;
 			}
 			dswidth = simple_strtoul(value, &eov, 10);
+		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_32BITINODE)) {
+			mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_SMALL_INUMS;
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_64BITINODE)) {
 			mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_SMALL_INUMS;
 #if !XFS_BIG_INUMS
@@ -493,6 +499,7 @@ xfs_showargs(
 		{ XFS_MOUNT_FILESTREAMS,	"," MNTOPT_FILESTREAM },
 		{ XFS_MOUNT_GRPID,		"," MNTOPT_GRPID },
 		{ XFS_MOUNT_DISCARD,		"," MNTOPT_DISCARD },
+		{ XFS_MOUNT_SMALL_INUMS,	"," MNTOPT_32BITINODE },
 		{ 0, NULL }
 	};
 	static struct proc_xfs_info xfs_info_unset[] = {