diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index 4ab72db3559e..9724aef22460 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -570,9 +570,14 @@ got:
 	ei->i_state_flags = 0;
 	ext3_set_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_NEW);
 
-	ei->i_extra_isize =
-		(EXT3_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb) > EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) ?
-		sizeof(struct ext3_inode) - EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE : 0;
+	/* See comment in ext3_iget for explanation */
+	if (ino >= EXT3_FIRST_INO(sb) + 1 &&
+	    EXT3_INODE_SIZE(sb) > EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) {
+		ei->i_extra_isize =
+			sizeof(struct ext3_inode) - EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE;
+	} else {
+		ei->i_extra_isize = 0;
+	}
 
 	ret = inode;
 	dquot_initialize(inode);