diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index db5dd3ed4df4..f171b51a74f7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -204,14 +204,7 @@ static struct inode *ocfs2_get_init_inode(struct inode *dir, int mode)
 		inode->i_nlink = 2;
 	else
 		inode->i_nlink = 1;
-	inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
-	if (dir->i_mode & S_ISGID) {
-		inode->i_gid = dir->i_gid;
-		if (S_ISDIR(mode))
-			mode |= S_ISGID;
-	} else
-		inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
-	inode->i_mode = mode;
+	inode_init_owner(inode, dir, mode);
 	dquot_initialize(inode);
 	return inode;
 }