diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index ee829d360468..f7a655373c46 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/f2fs_fs.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
 
 #include "f2fs.h"
 #include "node.h"
@@ -21,20 +22,20 @@
 void f2fs_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	unsigned int flags = F2FS_I(inode)->i_flags;
-
-	inode->i_flags &= ~(S_SYNC | S_APPEND | S_IMMUTABLE |
-			S_NOATIME | S_DIRSYNC);
+	unsigned int new_fl = 0;
 
 	if (flags & FS_SYNC_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_SYNC;
+		new_fl |= S_SYNC;
 	if (flags & FS_APPEND_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_APPEND;
+		new_fl |= S_APPEND;
 	if (flags & FS_IMMUTABLE_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
+		new_fl |= S_IMMUTABLE;
 	if (flags & FS_NOATIME_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
+		new_fl |= S_NOATIME;
 	if (flags & FS_DIRSYNC_FL)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_DIRSYNC;
+		new_fl |= S_DIRSYNC;
+	set_mask_bits(&inode->i_flags,
+			S_SYNC|S_APPEND|S_IMMUTABLE|S_NOATIME|S_DIRSYNC, new_fl);
 }
 
 static void __get_inode_rdev(struct inode *inode, struct f2fs_inode *ri)