diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index ef9008b885b..0d0e97ed3ff 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -582,7 +582,9 @@ got:
 	inode->i_generation = sbi->s_next_generation++;
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
 
-	ei->i_state = EXT3_STATE_NEW;
+	ei->i_state_flags = 0;
+	ext3_set_inode_state(inode, EXT3_STATE_NEW);
+
 	ei->i_extra_isize =
 		(EXT3_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb) > EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) ?
 		sizeof(struct ext3_inode) - EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE : 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 7f920b7263a..ea33bdf0a30 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2811,7 +2811,7 @@ struct inode *ext3_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	inode->i_mtime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mtime);
 	inode->i_atime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec = inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec = 0;
 
-	ei->i_state = 0;
+	ei->i_state_flags = 0;
 	ei->i_dir_start_lookup = 0;
 	ei->i_dtime = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_dtime);
 	/* We now have enough fields to check if the inode was active or not.
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
index cac84b00666..5f494b46509 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -565,17 +565,17 @@ enum {
 
 static inline int ext3_test_inode_state(struct inode *inode, int bit)
 {
-	return test_bit(bit, &EXT3_I(inode)->i_state);
+	return test_bit(bit, &EXT3_I(inode)->i_state_flags);
 }
 
 static inline void ext3_set_inode_state(struct inode *inode, int bit)
 {
-	set_bit(bit, &EXT3_I(inode)->i_state);
+	set_bit(bit, &EXT3_I(inode)->i_state_flags);
 }
 
 static inline void ext3_clear_inode_state(struct inode *inode, int bit)
 {
-	clear_bit(bit, &EXT3_I(inode)->i_state);
+	clear_bit(bit, &EXT3_I(inode)->i_state_flags);
 }
 #else
 /* Assume that user mode programs are passing in an ext3fs superblock, not
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h
index 7679acdb519..f42c098aed8 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct ext3_inode_info {
 	 * near to their parent directory's inode.
 	 */
 	__u32	i_block_group;
-	unsigned long	i_state;	/* Dynamic state flags for ext3 */
+	unsigned long	i_state_flags;	/* Dynamic state flags for ext3 */
 
 	/* block reservation info */
 	struct ext3_block_alloc_info *i_block_alloc_info;