diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 4fc018dfcfae..3ce20cd44a20 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ struct inode *nilfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	ii->i_bh = NULL;
 	ii->i_state = 0;
 	ii->i_cno = 0;
-	ii->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
 	nilfs_mapping_init(&ii->i_btnode_cache, &ii->vfs_inode);
 	return &ii->vfs_inode;
 }