diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
index d9bbed6..1ec494e1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
@@ -2656,7 +2656,7 @@
 	cur->bc_blocklog = mp->m_sb.sb_blocklog;
 
 	cur->bc_ops = &xfs_bmbt_ops;
-	cur->bc_flags = XFS_BTREE_ROOT_IN_INODE;
+	cur->bc_flags = XFS_BTREE_LONG_PTRS | XFS_BTREE_ROOT_IN_INODE;
 
 	cur->bc_private.b.forksize = XFS_IFORK_SIZE(ip, whichfork);
 	cur->bc_private.b.ip = ip;