diff --git a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
index 9b8090d..965006d 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case EXT3_IOC_GETFLAGS:
+		ext3_get_inode_flags(ei);
 		flags = ei->i_flags & EXT3_FL_USER_VISIBLE;
 		return put_user(flags, (int __user *) arg);
 	case EXT3_IOC_SETFLAGS: {