if (error)
                goto error2;
 
-       if ((mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_NOATIME) &&
-           !(XFS_MTOVFS(mp)->vfs_flag & VFS_RDONLY))
+       if ((mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER) && !(vfsp->vfs_flag & VFS_RDONLY))
                xfs_mountfs_check_barriers(mp);
 
        error = XFS_IOINIT(vfsp, args, flags);
        int                     iosize;
 
        args->flags2 |= XFSMNT2_COMPAT_IOSIZE;
-       args->flags |= XFSMNT_BARRIER;
 
 #if 0  /* XXX: off by default, until some remaining issues ironed out */
        args->flags |= XFSMNT_IDELETE; /* default to on */
 
        if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_COMPAT_IOSIZE))
                seq_printf(m, "," MNTOPT_LARGEIO);
-       if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER))
-               seq_printf(m, "," MNTOPT_NOBARRIER);
+       if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER)
+               seq_printf(m, "," MNTOPT_BARRIER);
 
        if (!(vfsp->vfs_flag & VFS_32BITINODES))
                seq_printf(m, "," MNTOPT_64BITINODE);