diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
index 6b04903..e6590f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -202,14 +202,6 @@
 		return flags & EXT3_OTHER_FLMASK;
 }
 
-/*
- * Inode dynamic state flags
- */
-#define EXT3_STATE_JDATA		0x00000001 /* journaled data exists */
-#define EXT3_STATE_NEW			0x00000002 /* inode is newly created */
-#define EXT3_STATE_XATTR		0x00000004 /* has in-inode xattrs */
-#define EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE	0x00000008
-
 /* Used to pass group descriptor data when online resize is done */
 struct ext3_new_group_input {
 	__u32 group;            /* Group number for this data */
@@ -560,6 +552,31 @@
 		(ino >= EXT3_FIRST_INO(sb) &&
 		 ino <= le32_to_cpu(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count));
 }
+
+/*
+ * Inode dynamic state flags
+ */
+enum {
+	EXT3_STATE_JDATA,		/* journaled data exists */
+	EXT3_STATE_NEW,			/* inode is newly created */
+	EXT3_STATE_XATTR,		/* has in-inode xattrs */
+	EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE,	/* flush dirty pages on close */
+};
+
+static inline int ext3_test_inode_state(struct inode *inode, int bit)
+{
+	return test_bit(bit, &EXT3_I(inode)->i_state);
+}
+
+static inline void ext3_set_inode_state(struct inode *inode, int bit)
+{
+	set_bit(bit, &EXT3_I(inode)->i_state);
+}
+
+static inline void ext3_clear_inode_state(struct inode *inode, int bit)
+{
+	clear_bit(bit, &EXT3_I(inode)->i_state);
+}
 #else
 /* Assume that user mode programs are passing in an ext3fs superblock, not
  * a kernel struct super_block.  This will allow us to call the feature-test