diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index c66effc8e7dd..4ea6476bcbd7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -2449,6 +2449,7 @@ xfs_ifree(
 
 	VFS_I(ip)->i_mode = 0;		/* mark incore inode as free */
 	ip->i_d.di_flags = 0;
+	ip->i_d.di_flags2 = 0;
 	ip->i_d.di_dmevmask = 0;
 	ip->i_d.di_forkoff = 0;		/* mark the attr fork not in use */
 	ip->i_d.di_format = XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS;