diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 165ff331d998..34d7e0703cc6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4834,7 +4834,7 @@ struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 	gid_t i_gid;
 	projid_t i_projid;
 
-	if (((flags & EXT4_IGET_NORMAL) &&
+	if ((!(flags & EXT4_IGET_SPECIAL) &&
 	     (ino < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb) && ino != EXT4_ROOT_INO)) ||
 	    (ino < EXT4_ROOT_INO) ||
 	    (ino > le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count))) {