inode->i_flags |= S_DIRSYNC;
 }
 
+/* Propagate flags from i_flags to EXT3_I(inode)->i_flags */
+void ext3_get_inode_flags(struct ext3_inode_info *ei)
+{
+       unsigned int flags = ei->vfs_inode.i_flags;
+
+       ei->i_flags &= ~(EXT3_SYNC_FL|EXT3_APPEND_FL|
+                       EXT3_IMMUTABLE_FL|EXT3_NOATIME_FL|EXT3_DIRSYNC_FL);
+       if (flags & S_SYNC)
+               ei->i_flags |= EXT3_SYNC_FL;
+       if (flags & S_APPEND)
+               ei->i_flags |= EXT3_APPEND_FL;
+       if (flags & S_IMMUTABLE)
+               ei->i_flags |= EXT3_IMMUTABLE_FL;
+       if (flags & S_NOATIME)
+               ei->i_flags |= EXT3_NOATIME_FL;
+       if (flags & S_DIRSYNC)
+               ei->i_flags |= EXT3_DIRSYNC_FL;
+}
+
 void ext3_read_inode(struct inode * inode)
 {
        struct ext3_iloc iloc;
        if (ei->i_state & EXT3_STATE_NEW)
                memset(raw_inode, 0, EXT3_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size);
 
+       ext3_get_inode_flags(ei);
        raw_inode->i_mode = cpu_to_le16(inode->i_mode);
        if(!(test_opt(inode->i_sb, NO_UID32))) {
                raw_inode->i_uid_low = cpu_to_le16(low_16_bits(inode->i_uid));
 
 
        switch (cmd) {
        case EXT3_IOC_GETFLAGS:
+               ext3_get_inode_flags(ei);
                flags = ei->i_flags & EXT3_FL_USER_VISIBLE;
                return put_user(flags, (int __user *) arg);
        case EXT3_IOC_SETFLAGS: {
 
 extern int ext3_get_inode_loc(struct inode *, struct ext3_iloc *);
 extern void ext3_truncate (struct inode *);
 extern void ext3_set_inode_flags(struct inode *);
+extern void ext3_get_inode_flags(struct ext3_inode_info *);
 extern void ext3_set_aops(struct inode *inode);
 
 /* ioctl.c */