diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.h b/fs/fat/fat.h
index fc35c5c69136..2deeeb86f331 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.h
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.h
@@ -217,6 +217,21 @@ static inline void fat16_towchar(wchar_t *dst, const __u8 *src, size_t len)
 #endif
 }
 
+static inline int fat_get_start(const struct msdos_sb_info *sbi,
+				const struct msdos_dir_entry *de)
+{
+	int cluster = le16_to_cpu(de->start);
+	if (sbi->fat_bits == 32)
+		cluster |= (le16_to_cpu(de->starthi) << 16);
+	return cluster;
+}
+
+static inline void fat_set_start(struct msdos_dir_entry *de, int cluster)
+{
+	de->start   = cpu_to_le16(cluster);
+	de->starthi = cpu_to_le16(cluster >> 16);
+}
+
 static inline void fatwchar_to16(__u8 *dst, const wchar_t *src, size_t len)
 {
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 0038b32cb362..05e897fe9866 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -369,10 +369,7 @@ static int fat_fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct msdos_dir_entry *de)
 		inode->i_op = sbi->dir_ops;
 		inode->i_fop = &fat_dir_operations;
 
-		MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start = le16_to_cpu(de->start);
-		if (sbi->fat_bits == 32)
-			MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start |= (le16_to_cpu(de->starthi) << 16);
-
+		MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start = fat_get_start(sbi, de);
 		MSDOS_I(inode)->i_logstart = MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start;
 		error = fat_calc_dir_size(inode);
 		if (error < 0)
@@ -385,9 +382,7 @@ static int fat_fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct msdos_dir_entry *de)
 		inode->i_mode = fat_make_mode(sbi, de->attr,
 			((sbi->options.showexec && !is_exec(de->name + 8))
 			 ? S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO : S_IRWXUGO));
-		MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start = le16_to_cpu(de->start);
-		if (sbi->fat_bits == 32)
-			MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start |= (le16_to_cpu(de->starthi) << 16);
+		MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start = fat_get_start(sbi, de);
 
 		MSDOS_I(inode)->i_logstart = MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start;
 		inode->i_size = le32_to_cpu(de->size);
@@ -613,8 +608,7 @@ static int __fat_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int wait)
 	else
 		raw_entry->size = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_size);
 	raw_entry->attr = fat_make_attrs(inode);
-	raw_entry->start = cpu_to_le16(MSDOS_I(inode)->i_logstart);
-	raw_entry->starthi = cpu_to_le16(MSDOS_I(inode)->i_logstart >> 16);
+	fat_set_start(raw_entry, MSDOS_I(inode)->i_logstart);
 	fat_time_unix2fat(sbi, &inode->i_mtime, &raw_entry->time,
 			  &raw_entry->date, NULL);
 	if (sbi->options.isvfat) {
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index 70d993a93805..b0e12bf9f4a1 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ static int msdos_add_entry(struct inode *dir, const unsigned char *name,
 	de.ctime_cs = 0;
 	de.time = time;
 	de.date = date;
-	de.start = cpu_to_le16(cluster);
-	de.starthi = cpu_to_le16(cluster >> 16);
+	fat_set_start(&de, cluster);
 	de.size = 0;
 
 	err = fat_add_entries(dir, &de, 1, sinfo);
@@ -530,9 +529,7 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode *old_dir, unsigned char *old_name,
 		mark_inode_dirty(old_inode);
 
 	if (update_dotdot) {
-		int start = MSDOS_I(new_dir)->i_logstart;
-		dotdot_de->start = cpu_to_le16(start);
-		dotdot_de->starthi = cpu_to_le16(start >> 16);
+		fat_set_start(dotdot_de, MSDOS_I(new_dir)->i_logstart);
 		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(dotdot_bh, old_inode);
 		if (IS_DIRSYNC(new_dir)) {
 			err = sync_dirty_buffer(dotdot_bh);
@@ -572,9 +569,7 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode *old_dir, unsigned char *old_name,
 	corrupt = 1;
 
 	if (update_dotdot) {
-		int start = MSDOS_I(old_dir)->i_logstart;
-		dotdot_de->start = cpu_to_le16(start);
-		dotdot_de->starthi = cpu_to_le16(start >> 16);
+		fat_set_start(dotdot_de, MSDOS_I(old_dir)->i_logstart);
 		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(dotdot_bh, old_inode);
 		corrupt |= sync_dirty_buffer(dotdot_bh);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index 6cc480652433..6a6d8c0715a1 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -651,8 +651,7 @@ static int vfat_build_slots(struct inode *dir, const unsigned char *name,
 	de->time = de->ctime = time;
 	de->date = de->cdate = de->adate = date;
 	de->ctime_cs = time_cs;
-	de->start = cpu_to_le16(cluster);
-	de->starthi = cpu_to_le16(cluster >> 16);
+	fat_set_start(de, cluster);
 	de->size = 0;
 out_free:
 	__putname(uname);
@@ -965,9 +964,7 @@ static int vfat_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		mark_inode_dirty(old_inode);
 
 	if (update_dotdot) {
-		int start = MSDOS_I(new_dir)->i_logstart;
-		dotdot_de->start = cpu_to_le16(start);
-		dotdot_de->starthi = cpu_to_le16(start >> 16);
+		fat_set_start(dotdot_de, MSDOS_I(new_dir)->i_logstart);
 		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(dotdot_bh, old_inode);
 		if (IS_DIRSYNC(new_dir)) {
 			err = sync_dirty_buffer(dotdot_bh);
@@ -1009,9 +1006,7 @@ static int vfat_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	corrupt = 1;
 
 	if (update_dotdot) {
-		int start = MSDOS_I(old_dir)->i_logstart;
-		dotdot_de->start = cpu_to_le16(start);
-		dotdot_de->starthi = cpu_to_le16(start >> 16);
+		fat_set_start(dotdot_de, MSDOS_I(old_dir)->i_logstart);
 		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(dotdot_bh, old_inode);
 		corrupt |= sync_dirty_buffer(dotdot_bh);
 	}