ei->i_dir_start_lookup = 0;
        ei->i_disksize = 0;
 
-       ei->i_flags = EXT3_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT3_FL_INHERITED;
-       if (S_ISLNK(mode))
-               ei->i_flags &= ~(EXT3_IMMUTABLE_FL|EXT3_APPEND_FL);
-       /* dirsync only applies to directories */
-       if (!S_ISDIR(mode))
-               ei->i_flags &= ~EXT3_DIRSYNC_FL;
+       ei->i_flags =
+               ext3_mask_flags(mode, EXT3_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT3_FL_INHERITED);
 #ifdef EXT3_FRAGMENTS
        ei->i_faddr = 0;
        ei->i_frag_no = 0;
 
                        goto flags_out;
                }
 
-               if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-                       flags &= ~EXT3_DIRSYNC_FL;
+               flags = ext3_mask_flags(inode->i_mode, flags);
 
                mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
                /* Is it quota file? Do not allow user to mess with it */
 
                           EXT3_NOCOMPR_FL | EXT3_JOURNAL_DATA_FL |\
                           EXT3_NOTAIL_FL | EXT3_DIRSYNC_FL)
 
+/* Flags that are appropriate for regular files (all but dir-specific ones). */
+#define EXT3_REG_FLMASK (~(EXT3_DIRSYNC_FL | EXT3_TOPDIR_FL))
+
+/* Flags that are appropriate for non-directories/regular files. */
+#define EXT3_OTHER_FLMASK (EXT3_NODUMP_FL | EXT3_NOATIME_FL)
+
+/* Mask out flags that are inappropriate for the given type of inode. */
+static inline __u32 ext3_mask_flags(umode_t mode, __u32 flags)
+{
+       if (S_ISDIR(mode))
+               return flags;
+       else if (S_ISREG(mode))
+               return flags & EXT3_REG_FLMASK;
+       else
+               return flags & EXT3_OTHER_FLMASK;
+}
+
 /*
  * Inode dynamic state flags
  */