diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 9d6ad669adc5..cb44bdf1c22e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -902,20 +902,13 @@ xfs_ialloc(
 
 			ip->i_d.di_flags |= di_flags;
 		}
-		if (pip &&
-		    (pip->i_d.di_flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_ANY) &&
-		    pip->i_d.di_version == 3 &&
-		    ip->i_d.di_version == 3) {
-			uint64_t	di_flags2 = 0;
-
+		if (pip && (pip->i_d.di_flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_ANY)) {
 			if (pip->i_d.di_flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE) {
-				di_flags2 |= XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE;
+				ip->i_d.di_flags2 |= XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE;
 				ip->i_d.di_cowextsize = pip->i_d.di_cowextsize;
 			}
 			if (pip->i_d.di_flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX)
-				di_flags2 |= XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX;
-
-			ip->i_d.di_flags2 |= di_flags2;
+				ip->i_d.di_flags2 |= XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX;
 		}
 		/* FALLTHROUGH */
 	case S_IFLNK: