diff --git a/fs/orangefs/super.c b/fs/orangefs/super.c
index 47ebd9bfd1a1be6c638261c4167d530cd5cb3b2a..43df511e69f2cc248b3ddd2ab777d8d28d481a9c 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/super.c
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ static void orangefs_inode_cache_ctor(void *req)
 
 	inode_init_once(&orangefs_inode->vfs_inode);
 	init_rwsem(&orangefs_inode->xattr_sem);
-
-	orangefs_inode->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
 }
 
 static struct inode *orangefs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)