diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 6ea15469c63f..02dc64bbf1cb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -136,19 +136,22 @@ static unsigned int btrfs_flags_to_ioctl(unsigned int flags)
 void btrfs_update_iflags(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct btrfs_inode *ip = BTRFS_I(inode);
-
-	inode->i_flags &= ~(S_SYNC|S_APPEND|S_IMMUTABLE|S_NOATIME|S_DIRSYNC);
+	unsigned int new_fl = 0;
 
 	if (ip->flags & BTRFS_INODE_SYNC)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_SYNC;
+		new_fl |= S_SYNC;
 	if (ip->flags & BTRFS_INODE_IMMUTABLE)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
+		new_fl |= S_IMMUTABLE;
 	if (ip->flags & BTRFS_INODE_APPEND)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_APPEND;
+		new_fl |= S_APPEND;
 	if (ip->flags & BTRFS_INODE_NOATIME)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
+		new_fl |= S_NOATIME;
 	if (ip->flags & BTRFS_INODE_DIRSYNC)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_DIRSYNC;
+		new_fl |= S_DIRSYNC;
+
+	set_mask_bits(&inode->i_flags,
+		      S_SYNC | S_APPEND | S_IMMUTABLE | S_NOATIME | S_DIRSYNC,
+		      new_fl);
 }
 
 /*