diff --git a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
index 6802653473d1..1dc72105ab12 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
@@ -438,17 +438,18 @@ static int new_lockspace(char *name, int namelen, void **lockspace,
 	ls->ls_count = 0;
 	ls->ls_flags = 0;
 
-	/* ls_exflags are forced to match among nodes, and we don't
-	   need to require all nodes to have TIMEWARN active */
 	if (flags & DLM_LSFL_TIMEWARN)
 		set_bit(LSFL_TIMEWARN, &ls->ls_flags);
-	ls->ls_exflags = (flags & ~DLM_LSFL_TIMEWARN);
 
 	if (flags & DLM_LSFL_FS)
 		ls->ls_allocation = GFP_NOFS;
 	else
 		ls->ls_allocation = GFP_KERNEL;
 
+	/* ls_exflags are forced to match among nodes, and we don't
+	   need to require all nodes to have TIMEWARN or FS set */
+	ls->ls_exflags = (flags & ~(DLM_LSFL_TIMEWARN | DLM_LSFL_FS));
+
 	size = dlm_config.ci_rsbtbl_size;
 	ls->ls_rsbtbl_size = size;