diff --git a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
index ef67c95f12d..f47df72cef1 100644
--- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_inode.c
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ vxfs_iinit(struct inode *ip, struct vxfs_inode_info *vip)
 {
 
 	ip->i_mode = vxfs_transmod(vip);
-	ip->i_uid = (uid_t)vip->vii_uid;
-	ip->i_gid = (gid_t)vip->vii_gid;
+	i_uid_write(ip, (uid_t)vip->vii_uid);
+	i_gid_write(ip, (gid_t)vip->vii_gid);
 
 	set_nlink(ip, vip->vii_nlink);
 	ip->i_size = vip->vii_size;
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 3427832fb4a..355b1af6932 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -955,7 +955,6 @@ config UIDGID_CONVERTED
 	depends on UBIFS_FS = n
 	depends on UDF_FS = n
 	depends on UFS_FS = n
-	depends on VXFS_FS = n
 	depends on XFS_FS = n
 
 	depends on !UML || HOSTFS = n