diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index 74f1812b03cb..0953163a2d84 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -613,7 +613,6 @@ xfs_iget_cache_miss(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip;
 	int			error;
 	xfs_agino_t		agino = XFS_INO_TO_AGINO(mp, ino);
-	int			iflags;
 
 	ip = xfs_inode_alloc(mp, ino);
 	if (!ip)
@@ -693,13 +692,12 @@ xfs_iget_cache_miss(
 	 * memory barrier that ensures this detection works correctly at lookup
 	 * time.
 	 */
-	iflags = XFS_INEW;
 	if (flags & XFS_IGET_DONTCACHE)
 		d_mark_dontcache(VFS_I(ip));
 	ip->i_udquot = NULL;
 	ip->i_gdquot = NULL;
 	ip->i_pdquot = NULL;
-	xfs_iflags_set(ip, iflags);
+	xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_INEW);
 
 	/* insert the new inode */
 	spin_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index 9fd4d29a5713..292b90b5f2ac 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -207,13 +207,13 @@ xfs_new_eof(struct xfs_inode *ip, xfs_fsize_t new_size)
  * i_flags helper functions
  */
 static inline void
-__xfs_iflags_set(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
+__xfs_iflags_set(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	ip->i_flags |= flags;
 }
 
 static inline void
-xfs_iflags_set(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
+xfs_iflags_set(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 	__xfs_iflags_set(ip, flags);
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ xfs_iflags_set(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
 }
 
 static inline void
-xfs_iflags_clear(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
+xfs_iflags_clear(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 	ip->i_flags &= ~flags;
@@ -229,13 +229,13 @@ xfs_iflags_clear(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
 }
 
 static inline int
-__xfs_iflags_test(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
+__xfs_iflags_test(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	return (ip->i_flags & flags);
 }
 
 static inline int
-xfs_iflags_test(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
+xfs_iflags_test(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	int ret;
 	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ xfs_iflags_test(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
 }
 
 static inline int
-xfs_iflags_test_and_clear(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
+xfs_iflags_test_and_clear(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ xfs_iflags_test_and_clear(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
 }
 
 static inline int
-xfs_iflags_test_and_set(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned short flags)
+xfs_iflags_test_and_set(xfs_inode_t *ip, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	int ret;