diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 1cb67859e051..ceb74093e138 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@ struct flex_groups {
 			   EXT4_PROJINHERIT_FL | EXT4_CASEFOLD_FL)
 
 /* Flags that are appropriate for regular files (all but dir-specific ones). */
-#define EXT4_REG_FLMASK (~(EXT4_DIRSYNC_FL | EXT4_TOPDIR_FL | EXT4_CASEFOLD_FL))
+#define EXT4_REG_FLMASK (~(EXT4_DIRSYNC_FL | EXT4_TOPDIR_FL | EXT4_CASEFOLD_FL |\
+			   EXT4_PROJINHERIT_FL))
 
 /* Flags that are appropriate for non-directories/regular files. */
 #define EXT4_OTHER_FLMASK (EXT4_NODUMP_FL | EXT4_NOATIME_FL)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 7af835ac8d23..74648d42c69b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -779,6 +779,8 @@ long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		return ext4_ioc_getfsmap(sb, (void __user *)arg);
 	case EXT4_IOC_GETFLAGS:
 		flags = ei->i_flags & EXT4_FL_USER_VISIBLE;
+		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+			flags &= ~EXT4_PROJINHERIT_FL;
 		return put_user(flags, (int __user *) arg);
 	case EXT4_IOC_SETFLAGS: {
 		int err;