diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index a47750dea059d3edbc341eb4d9ae26ff0d860b97..8a9e7085e99fc08048c30d9c9a2a09153166f0b4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1147,7 +1147,6 @@ void ocfs2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	/* Clear all other flags. */
 	oi->ip_flags = 0;
-	oi->ip_created_trans = 0;
 	oi->ip_dir_start_lookup = 0;
 	oi->ip_blkno = 0ULL;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
index 2cae2514e7fb5568f298ab3da18a3a8d398229d9..67392f60629d487d7d88a88777fc9262cb8a74d6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ struct ocfs2_inode_info
 
 	u32				ip_dir_start_lookup;
 
-	/* next two are protected by trans_inc_lock */
-	/* which transaction were we created on? Zero if none. */
-	unsigned long			ip_created_trans;
-
 	struct ocfs2_caching_info	ip_metadata_cache;
 
 	struct ocfs2_extent_map		ip_extent_map;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
index d4ac19739d7c6aa2c48a044a4e715407f00cf8d3..0bb6754c73f4090ef0e26dc4350f2e2fdde16b0b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ static inline int ocfs2_inode_is_new(struct inode *inode)
 		return 0;
 	spin_lock(&trans_inc_lock);
 	ret = !(time_after(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)->journal->j_trans_id,
-			   OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_created_trans));
+			   INODE_CACHE(inode)->ci_created_trans));
 	if (!ret)
-		OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_created_trans = 0;
+		INODE_CACHE(inode)->ci_created_trans = 0;
 	spin_unlock(&trans_inc_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static inline void ocfs2_inode_set_new(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 				       struct inode *inode)
 {
 	spin_lock(&trans_inc_lock);
-	OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_created_trans = osb->journal->j_trans_id;
+	INODE_CACHE(inode)->ci_created_trans = osb->journal->j_trans_id;
 	spin_unlock(&trans_inc_lock);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index c9bd7ce30ba60df9b1401f36ec1e5ca286077923..18b5fea98c91d1f4480f3d7a2881247156724ba2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ struct ocfs2_caching_info {
 	 */
 	const struct ocfs2_caching_operations *ci_ops;
 
+	/* next two are protected by trans_inc_lock */
+	/* which transaction were we created on? Zero if none. */
+	unsigned long		ci_created_trans;
 	/* last transaction we were a part of. */
 	unsigned long		ci_last_trans;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 4212547e78a27b86b8f602c9bbc1f996073b390d..e35a5052ce3addad04ce53ada0152d83df85b89b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1668,7 +1668,6 @@ static void ocfs2_inode_init_once(void *data)
 	spin_lock_init(&oi->ip_lock);
 	ocfs2_extent_map_init(&oi->vfs_inode);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&oi->ip_io_markers);
-	oi->ip_created_trans = 0;
 	oi->ip_dir_start_lookup = 0;
 
 	init_rwsem(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
index 81c82200b90804b970487420eb92da2d71f28d75..b6284f235d2ff9e54e15834014ebc8f3e059851d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/uptodate.c
@@ -124,8 +124,10 @@ static void ocfs2_metadata_cache_reset(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,
 	ci->ci_flags |= OCFS2_CACHE_FL_INLINE;
 	ci->ci_num_cached = 0;
 
-	if (clear)
+	if (clear) {
+		ci->ci_created_trans = 0;
 		ci->ci_last_trans = 0;
+	}
 }
 
 void ocfs2_metadata_cache_init(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci,