diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index c6a63f6..83073c8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ int	xfs_break_layouts(struct inode *inode, uint *iolock,
 /* from xfs_iops.c */
 extern void xfs_setup_inode(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 extern void xfs_setup_iops(struct xfs_inode *ip);
+extern void xfs_diflags_to_iflags(struct xfs_inode *ip, bool init);
 
 /*
  * When setting up a newly allocated inode, we need to call
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index 91936ed..4ee0d13 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -1201,37 +1201,6 @@ xfs_flags2diflags2(
 	return di_flags2;
 }
 
-STATIC void
-xfs_diflags_to_linux(
-	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
-{
-	struct inode		*inode = VFS_I(ip);
-	unsigned int		xflags = xfs_ip2xflags(ip);
-
-	if (xflags & FS_XFLAG_IMMUTABLE)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
-	else
-		inode->i_flags &= ~S_IMMUTABLE;
-	if (xflags & FS_XFLAG_APPEND)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_APPEND;
-	else
-		inode->i_flags &= ~S_APPEND;
-	if (xflags & FS_XFLAG_SYNC)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_SYNC;
-	else
-		inode->i_flags &= ~S_SYNC;
-	if (xflags & FS_XFLAG_NOATIME)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
-	else
-		inode->i_flags &= ~S_NOATIME;
-#if 0	/* disabled until the flag switching races are sorted out */
-	if (xflags & FS_XFLAG_DAX)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_DAX;
-	else
-		inode->i_flags &= ~S_DAX;
-#endif
-}
-
 static int
 xfs_ioctl_setattr_xflags(
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
@@ -1269,7 +1238,7 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr_xflags(
 	ip->i_d.di_flags = xfs_flags2diflags(ip, fa->fsx_xflags);
 	ip->i_d.di_flags2 = di_flags2;
 
-	xfs_diflags_to_linux(ip);
+	xfs_diflags_to_iflags(ip, false);
 	xfs_trans_ichgtime(tp, ip, XFS_ICHGTIME_CHG);
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
 	XFS_STATS_INC(mp, xs_ig_attrchg);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index 6b9a29a..26a7123 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -1271,26 +1271,34 @@ xfs_inode_should_enable_dax(
 	return false;
 }
 
-STATIC void
+void
 xfs_diflags_to_iflags(
-	struct inode		*inode,
-	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
+	bool init)
 {
-	uint16_t		flags = ip->i_d.di_flags;
+	struct inode            *inode = VFS_I(ip);
+	unsigned int            xflags = xfs_ip2xflags(ip);
+	unsigned int            flags = 0;
 
-	inode->i_flags &= ~(S_IMMUTABLE | S_APPEND | S_SYNC |
-			    S_NOATIME | S_DAX);
+	ASSERT(!(IS_DAX(inode) && init));
 
-	if (flags & XFS_DIFLAG_IMMUTABLE)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
-	if (flags & XFS_DIFLAG_APPEND)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_APPEND;
-	if (flags & XFS_DIFLAG_SYNC)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_SYNC;
-	if (flags & XFS_DIFLAG_NOATIME)
-		inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
-	if (xfs_inode_should_enable_dax(ip))
-		inode->i_flags |= S_DAX;
+	if (xflags & FS_XFLAG_IMMUTABLE)
+		flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
+	if (xflags & FS_XFLAG_APPEND)
+		flags |= S_APPEND;
+	if (xflags & FS_XFLAG_SYNC)
+		flags |= S_SYNC;
+	if (xflags & FS_XFLAG_NOATIME)
+		flags |= S_NOATIME;
+	if (init && xfs_inode_should_enable_dax(ip))
+		flags |= S_DAX;
+
+	/*
+	 * S_DAX can only be set during inode initialization and is never set by
+	 * the VFS, so we cannot mask off S_DAX in i_flags.
+	 */
+	inode->i_flags &= ~(S_IMMUTABLE | S_APPEND | S_SYNC | S_NOATIME);
+	inode->i_flags |= flags;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1316,7 +1324,7 @@ xfs_setup_inode(
 	inode_fake_hash(inode);
 
 	i_size_write(inode, ip->i_d.di_size);
-	xfs_diflags_to_iflags(inode, ip);
+	xfs_diflags_to_iflags(ip, true);
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		/*