diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index e06f5a23352a..9580456e8902 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int afs_inode_map_status(struct afs_vnode *vnode, struct key *key)
 
 	set_nlink(inode, vnode->status.nlink);
 	inode->i_uid		= vnode->status.owner;
-	inode->i_gid		= GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
+	inode->i_gid            = vnode->status.group;
 	inode->i_size		= vnode->status.size;
 	inode->i_ctime.tv_sec	= vnode->status.mtime_server;
 	inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec	= 0;