diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 9fa1bd6..0079b2c 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -1055,6 +1055,25 @@
 		inode->i_flags |= S_DIRSYNC;
 }
 
+/* Propagate flags from i_flags to EXT2_I(inode)->i_flags */
+void ext2_get_inode_flags(struct ext2_inode_info *ei)
+{
+	unsigned int flags = ei->vfs_inode.i_flags;
+
+	ei->i_flags &= ~(EXT2_SYNC_FL|EXT2_APPEND_FL|
+			EXT2_IMMUTABLE_FL|EXT2_NOATIME_FL|EXT2_DIRSYNC_FL);
+	if (flags & S_SYNC)
+		ei->i_flags |= EXT2_SYNC_FL;
+	if (flags & S_APPEND)
+		ei->i_flags |= EXT2_APPEND_FL;
+	if (flags & S_IMMUTABLE)
+		ei->i_flags |= EXT2_IMMUTABLE_FL;
+	if (flags & S_NOATIME)
+		ei->i_flags |= EXT2_NOATIME_FL;
+	if (flags & S_DIRSYNC)
+		ei->i_flags |= EXT2_DIRSYNC_FL;
+}
+
 void ext2_read_inode (struct inode * inode)
 {
 	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
@@ -1188,6 +1207,7 @@
 	if (ei->i_state & EXT2_STATE_NEW)
 		memset(raw_inode, 0, EXT2_SB(sb)->s_inode_size);
 
+	ext2_get_inode_flags(ei);
 	raw_inode->i_mode = cpu_to_le16(inode->i_mode);
 	if (!(test_opt(sb, NO_UID32))) {
 		raw_inode->i_uid_low = cpu_to_le16(low_16_bits(uid));