diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index 6cc4806..6a6d8c0 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -651,8 +651,7 @@
 	de->time = de->ctime = time;
 	de->date = de->cdate = de->adate = date;
 	de->ctime_cs = time_cs;
-	de->start = cpu_to_le16(cluster);
-	de->starthi = cpu_to_le16(cluster >> 16);
+	fat_set_start(de, cluster);
 	de->size = 0;
 out_free:
 	__putname(uname);
@@ -965,9 +964,7 @@
 		mark_inode_dirty(old_inode);
 
 	if (update_dotdot) {
-		int start = MSDOS_I(new_dir)->i_logstart;
-		dotdot_de->start = cpu_to_le16(start);
-		dotdot_de->starthi = cpu_to_le16(start >> 16);
+		fat_set_start(dotdot_de, MSDOS_I(new_dir)->i_logstart);
 		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(dotdot_bh, old_inode);
 		if (IS_DIRSYNC(new_dir)) {
 			err = sync_dirty_buffer(dotdot_bh);
@@ -1009,9 +1006,7 @@
 	corrupt = 1;
 
 	if (update_dotdot) {
-		int start = MSDOS_I(old_dir)->i_logstart;
-		dotdot_de->start = cpu_to_le16(start);
-		dotdot_de->starthi = cpu_to_le16(start >> 16);
+		fat_set_start(dotdot_de, MSDOS_I(old_dir)->i_logstart);
 		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(dotdot_bh, old_inode);
 		corrupt |= sync_dirty_buffer(dotdot_bh);
 	}