diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index ccb33289c29a..9e1090b8dd3b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -407,9 +407,7 @@ static struct inode *dlmfs_get_root_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 		ip = DLMFS_I(inode);
 
 		inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
-		inode->i_mode = mode;
-		inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
-		inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
+		inode_init_owner(inode, NULL, mode);
 		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &dlmfs_backing_dev_info;
 		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		inc_nlink(inode);
@@ -433,9 +431,7 @@ static struct inode *dlmfs_get_inode(struct inode *parent,
 		return NULL;
 
 	inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
-	inode->i_mode = mode;
-	inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
-	inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
+	inode_init_owner(inode, parent, mode);
 	inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &dlmfs_backing_dev_info;
 	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 
@@ -472,13 +468,6 @@ static struct inode *dlmfs_get_inode(struct inode *parent,
 		inc_nlink(inode);
 		break;
 	}
-
-	if (parent->i_mode & S_ISGID) {
-		inode->i_gid = parent->i_gid;
-		if (S_ISDIR(mode))
-			inode->i_mode |= S_ISGID;
-	}
-
 	return inode;
 }