diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 40d934c3e403..7e6867329220 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ void ext2_error (struct super_block * sb, const char * function,
 
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		sbi->s_mount_state |= EXT2_ERROR_FS;
-		es->s_state =
-			cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(es->s_state) | EXT2_ERROR_FS);
+		es->s_state |= cpu_to_le16(EXT2_ERROR_FS);
 		ext2_sync_super(sb, es);
 	}
 
@@ -1126,10 +1125,9 @@ void ext2_write_super (struct super_block * sb)
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		es = EXT2_SB(sb)->s_es;
 
-		if (le16_to_cpu(es->s_state) & EXT2_VALID_FS) {
+		if (es->s_state & cpu_to_le16(EXT2_VALID_FS)) {
 			ext2_debug ("setting valid to 0\n");
-			es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(es->s_state) &
-						  ~EXT2_VALID_FS);
+			es->s_state &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT2_VALID_FS);
 			es->s_free_blocks_count = cpu_to_le32(ext2_count_free_blocks(sb));
 			es->s_free_inodes_count = cpu_to_le32(ext2_count_free_inodes(sb));
 			es->s_mtime = cpu_to_le32(get_seconds());