diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 935589579b8f..e940fb07ef2e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1279,6 +1279,7 @@ static struct inode *ext4_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 		return NULL;
 
 	inode_set_iversion(&ei->vfs_inode, 1);
+	ei->i_flags = 0;
 	spin_lock_init(&ei->i_raw_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->i_prealloc_list);
 	atomic_set(&ei->i_prealloc_active, 0);