diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 0b2db4f618cb..9989fdcf4d5a 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2663,7 +2663,7 @@ static int ext3_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
 	} else for (block = 0; block < EXT3_N_BLOCKS; block++)
 		raw_inode->i_block[block] = ei->i_data[block];
 
-	if (EXT3_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb) > EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE)
+	if (ei->i_extra_isize)
 		raw_inode->i_extra_isize = cpu_to_le16(ei->i_extra_isize);
 
 	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call ext3_journal_dirty_metadata");