diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index f0bbc8cb65555169e85abb23587ddcb7006547bf..1367553c43bb3134bed3596a66951ceab0d86628 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -303,11 +303,6 @@ static int ext4_create_inline_data(handle_t *handle,
 	EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_size = len + EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE;
 	ext4_clear_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS);
 	ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_INLINE_DATA);
-	/*
-	 * Propagate changes to inode->i_flags as well - e.g. S_DAX may
-	 * get cleared
-	 */
-	ext4_set_inode_flags(inode);
 	get_bh(is.iloc.bh);
 	error = ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &is.iloc);
 
@@ -452,11 +447,6 @@ static int ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock(handle_t *handle,
 		}
 	}
 	ext4_clear_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_INLINE_DATA);
-	/*
-	 * Propagate changes to inode->i_flags as well - e.g. S_DAX may
-	 * get set.
-	 */
-	ext4_set_inode_flags(inode);
 
 	get_bh(is.iloc.bh);
 	error = ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &is.iloc);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index b104096fce9eeec4e6079d3d1b05dd8b83fe796b..986475c0d55267540006c6243478231318ad7e48 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3708,6 +3708,11 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	}
 
 	if (sbi->s_mount_opt & EXT4_MOUNT_DAX) {
+		if (ext4_has_feature_inline_data(sb)) {
+			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "Cannot use DAX on a filesystem"
+					" that may contain inline data");
+			goto failed_mount;
+		}
 		err = bdev_dax_supported(sb, blocksize);
 		if (err)
 			goto failed_mount;