diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 1eacc78f6614..a48c084f6d3a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3587,12 +3587,6 @@ static struct inode *btrfs_new_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		owner = 1;
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->block_group =
 			btrfs_find_block_group(root, 0, alloc_hint, owner);
-	if ((mode & S_IFREG)) {
-		if (btrfs_test_opt(root, NODATASUM))
-			BTRFS_I(inode)->flags |= BTRFS_INODE_NODATASUM;
-		if (btrfs_test_opt(root, NODATACOW))
-			BTRFS_I(inode)->flags |= BTRFS_INODE_NODATACOW;
-	}
 
 	key[0].objectid = objectid;
 	btrfs_set_key_type(&key[0], BTRFS_INODE_ITEM_KEY);
@@ -3647,6 +3641,13 @@ static struct inode *btrfs_new_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	btrfs_inherit_iflags(inode, dir);
 
+	if ((mode & S_IFREG)) {
+		if (btrfs_test_opt(root, NODATASUM))
+			BTRFS_I(inode)->flags |= BTRFS_INODE_NODATASUM;
+		if (btrfs_test_opt(root, NODATACOW))
+			BTRFS_I(inode)->flags |= BTRFS_INODE_NODATACOW;
+	}
+
 	insert_inode_hash(inode);
 	inode_tree_add(inode);
 	return inode;