diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 1e50c5efae67..0eb64e8f9602 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4724,6 +4724,26 @@ int ext4_get_projid(struct inode *inode, kprojid_t *projid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * ext4 has self-managed i_version for ea inodes, it stores the lower 32bit of
+ * refcount in i_version, so use raw values if inode has EXT4_EA_INODE_FL flag
+ * set.
+ */
+static inline void ext4_inode_set_iversion_queried(struct inode *inode, u64 val)
+{
+	if (unlikely(EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL))
+		inode_set_iversion_raw(inode, val);
+	else
+		inode_set_iversion_queried(inode, val);
+}
+static inline u64 ext4_inode_peek_iversion(const struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (unlikely(EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL))
+		return inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode);
+	else
+		return inode_peek_iversion(inode);
+}
+
 struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 {
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
@@ -4910,7 +4930,7 @@ struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 				ivers |=
 		    (__u64)(le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_version_hi)) << 32;
 		}
-		inode_set_iversion_queried(inode, ivers);
+		ext4_inode_set_iversion_queried(inode, ivers);
 	}
 
 	ret = 0;
@@ -5196,7 +5216,7 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
 	}
 
 	if (likely(!test_opt2(inode->i_sb, HURD_COMPAT))) {
-		u64 ivers = inode_peek_iversion(inode);
+		u64 ivers = ext4_inode_peek_iversion(inode);
 
 		raw_inode->i_disk_version = cpu_to_le32(ivers);
 		if (ei->i_extra_isize) {