diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
index 9d1594b..bbcf5a2 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
 		perms->rootflags |= HFSPLUS_FLG_APPEND;
 	else
 		perms->rootflags &= ~HFSPLUS_FLG_APPEND;
-	HFSPLUS_I(inode)->rootflags = perms->rootflags;
 	HFSPLUS_I(inode)->userflags = perms->userflags;
 	perms->mode = cpu_to_be16(inode->i_mode);
 	perms->owner = cpu_to_be32(inode->i_uid);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
index d92f590..0d77844 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 	 * Protected by i_mutex.
 	 */
 	sector_t fs_blocks;
-	u8 rootflags, userflags;	/* BSD system and user file flags */
+	u8 userflags;		/* BSD user file flags */
 	struct list_head open_dir_list;
 	loff_t phys_size;
 
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
index 746e0ee..df57ea1 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@
 		mode = S_IFREG | ((S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO) & ~(sbi->umask));
 	inode->i_mode = mode;
 
-	HFSPLUS_I(inode)->rootflags = perms->rootflags;
 	HFSPLUS_I(inode)->userflags = perms->userflags;
 	if (perms->rootflags & HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE)
 		inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c b/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c
index c9ac443..80eb5b3 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/ioctl.c
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
 	struct hfsplus_inode_info *hip = HFSPLUS_I(inode);
 	unsigned int flags = 0;
 
-	if (hip->rootflags & HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE)
+	if (inode->i_flags & S_IMMUTABLE)
 		flags |= FS_IMMUTABLE_FL;
-	if (hip->rootflags & HFSPLUS_FLG_APPEND)
+	if (inode->i_flags |= S_APPEND)
 		flags |= FS_APPEND_FL;
 	if (hip->userflags & HFSPLUS_FLG_NODUMP)
 		flags |= FS_NODUMP_FL;
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
-	if (flags & (FS_IMMUTABLE_FL|FS_APPEND_FL) ||
-	    hip->rootflags & (HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE|HFSPLUS_FLG_APPEND)) {
+	if ((flags & (FS_IMMUTABLE_FL|FS_APPEND_FL)) ||
+	    inode->i_flags & (S_IMMUTABLE|S_APPEND)) {
 		if (!capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE)) {
 			err = -EPERM;
 			goto out_unlock_inode;
@@ -72,20 +72,17 @@
 		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto out_unlock_inode;
 	}
-	if (flags & FS_IMMUTABLE_FL) {
+
+	if (flags & FS_IMMUTABLE_FL)
 		inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
-		hip->rootflags |= HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE;
-	} else {
+	else
 		inode->i_flags &= ~S_IMMUTABLE;
-		hip->rootflags &= ~HFSPLUS_FLG_IMMUTABLE;
-	}
-	if (flags & FS_APPEND_FL) {
+
+	if (flags & FS_APPEND_FL)
 		inode->i_flags |= S_APPEND;
-		hip->rootflags |= HFSPLUS_FLG_APPEND;
-	} else {
+	else
 		inode->i_flags &= ~S_APPEND;
-		hip->rootflags &= ~HFSPLUS_FLG_APPEND;
-	}
+
 	if (flags & FS_NODUMP_FL)
 		hip->userflags |= HFSPLUS_FLG_NODUMP;
 	else