diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index 981c34a..2879704 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -462,6 +462,9 @@
 	sci->sc_binfo_ptr = sci->sc_finfo_ptr;
 	nilfs_segctor_map_segsum_entry(
 		sci, &sci->sc_binfo_ptr, sizeof(struct nilfs_finfo));
+
+	if (inode->i_sb && !test_bit(NILFS_SC_HAVE_DELTA, &sci->sc_flags))
+		set_bit(NILFS_SC_HAVE_DELTA, &sci->sc_flags);
 	/* skip finfo */
 }
 
@@ -887,6 +890,11 @@
 	raw_cp->cp_create = cpu_to_le64(sci->sc_seg_ctime);
 	raw_cp->cp_cno = cpu_to_le64(nilfs->ns_cno);
 
+	if (test_bit(NILFS_SC_HAVE_DELTA, &sci->sc_flags))
+		nilfs_checkpoint_clear_minor(raw_cp);
+	else
+		nilfs_checkpoint_set_minor(raw_cp);
+
 	nilfs_write_inode_common(sbi->s_ifile, &raw_cp->cp_ifile_inode, 1);
 	nilfs_cpfile_put_checkpoint(nilfs->ns_cpfile, nilfs->ns_cno, bh_cp);
 	return 0;
@@ -2091,6 +2099,7 @@
 		nilfs_set_last_segment(nilfs, segbuf->sb_pseg_start,
 				       segbuf->sb_sum.seg_seq, nilfs->ns_cno);
 
+		clear_bit(NILFS_SC_HAVE_DELTA, &sci->sc_flags);
 		clear_bit(NILFS_SC_DIRTY, &sci->sc_flags);
 		set_bit(NILFS_SC_SUPER_ROOT, &sci->sc_flags);
 	} else