diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index f9bcddb..e1bb031 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2580,6 +2580,25 @@
 		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;
@@ -2735,6 +2754,7 @@
 	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));
diff --git a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
index 9b8090d..965006d 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 	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: {