diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 1f7784de05b6..710fed2377d4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3695,16 +3695,22 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
 		sbi->s_hash_seed[i] = le32_to_cpu(es->s_hash_seed[i]);
 	sbi->s_def_hash_version = es->s_def_hash_version;
-	i = le32_to_cpu(es->s_flags);
-	if (i & EXT2_FLAGS_UNSIGNED_HASH)
-		sbi->s_hash_unsigned = 3;
-	else if ((i & EXT2_FLAGS_SIGNED_HASH) == 0) {
+	if (EXT4_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_DIR_INDEX)) {
+		i = le32_to_cpu(es->s_flags);
+		if (i & EXT2_FLAGS_UNSIGNED_HASH)
+			sbi->s_hash_unsigned = 3;
+		else if ((i & EXT2_FLAGS_SIGNED_HASH) == 0) {
 #ifdef __CHAR_UNSIGNED__
-		es->s_flags |= cpu_to_le32(EXT2_FLAGS_UNSIGNED_HASH);
-		sbi->s_hash_unsigned = 3;
+			if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
+				es->s_flags |=
+					cpu_to_le32(EXT2_FLAGS_UNSIGNED_HASH);
+			sbi->s_hash_unsigned = 3;
 #else
-		es->s_flags |= cpu_to_le32(EXT2_FLAGS_SIGNED_HASH);
+			if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
+				es->s_flags |=
+					cpu_to_le32(EXT2_FLAGS_SIGNED_HASH);
 #endif
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Handle clustersize */