diff --git a/fs/ext2/ext2.h b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
index 2a4175fbaf5e..fe06953770ad 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ext2.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
@@ -283,8 +283,6 @@ static inline __u32 ext2_mask_flags(umode_t mode, __u32 flags)
 /*
  * ioctl commands
  */
-#define	EXT2_IOC_GETFLAGS		FS_IOC_GETFLAGS
-#define	EXT2_IOC_SETFLAGS		FS_IOC_SETFLAGS
 #define	EXT2_IOC_GETVERSION		FS_IOC_GETVERSION
 #define	EXT2_IOC_SETVERSION		FS_IOC_SETVERSION
 #define	EXT2_IOC_GETRSVSZ		_IOR('f', 5, long)
@@ -293,8 +291,6 @@ static inline __u32 ext2_mask_flags(umode_t mode, __u32 flags)
 /*
  * ioctl commands in 32 bit emulation
  */
-#define EXT2_IOC32_GETFLAGS		FS_IOC32_GETFLAGS
-#define EXT2_IOC32_SETFLAGS		FS_IOC32_SETFLAGS
 #define EXT2_IOC32_GETVERSION		FS_IOC32_GETVERSION
 #define EXT2_IOC32_SETVERSION		FS_IOC32_SETVERSION
 
@@ -771,6 +767,8 @@ extern int ext2_fiemap(struct inode *inode, struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
 		       u64 start, u64 len);
 
 /* ioctl.c */
+extern int ext2_miscattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct miscattr *ma);
+extern int ext2_miscattr_set(struct dentry *dentry, struct miscattr *ma);
 extern long ext2_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 extern long ext2_compat_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index 96044f5dbc0e..096c03612129 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -204,4 +204,6 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_file_inode_operations = {
 	.get_acl	= ext2_get_acl,
 	.set_acl	= ext2_set_acl,
 	.fiemap		= ext2_fiemap,
+	.miscattr_get	= ext2_miscattr_get,
+	.miscattr_set	= ext2_miscattr_set,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ioctl.c b/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
index 32a8d10b579d..9900d9054a02 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ioctl.c
@@ -16,69 +16,46 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <asm/current.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/miscattr.h>
 
-
-long ext2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+int ext2_miscattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct miscattr *ma)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
-	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
-	unsigned int flags;
-	unsigned short rsv_window_size;
-	int ret;
-
-	ext2_debug ("cmd = %u, arg = %lu\n", cmd, arg);
+	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(d_inode(dentry));
 
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case EXT2_IOC_GETFLAGS:
-		flags = ei->i_flags & EXT2_FL_USER_VISIBLE;
-		return put_user(flags, (int __user *) arg);
-	case EXT2_IOC_SETFLAGS: {
-		unsigned int oldflags;
+	ma->flags = ei->i_flags & EXT2_FL_USER_VISIBLE;
+	return 0;
+}
 
-		ret = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+int ext2_miscattr_set(struct dentry *dentry, struct miscattr *ma)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
 
-		if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode)) {
-			ret = -EACCES;
-			goto setflags_out;
-		}
+	/* Is it quota file? Do not allow user to mess with it */
+	if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode))
+		return -EPERM;
 
-		if (get_user(flags, (int __user *) arg)) {
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-			goto setflags_out;
-		}
+	ei->i_flags = (ei->i_flags & ~EXT2_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE) |
+		(ma->flags & EXT2_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE);
 
-		flags = ext2_mask_flags(inode->i_mode, flags);
+	ext2_set_inode_flags(inode);
+	inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
-		inode_lock(inode);
-		/* Is it quota file? Do not allow user to mess with it */
-		if (IS_NOQUOTA(inode)) {
-			inode_unlock(inode);
-			ret = -EPERM;
-			goto setflags_out;
-		}
-		oldflags = ei->i_flags;
+	return 0;
+}
 
-		ret = vfs_ioc_setflags_prepare(inode, oldflags, flags);
-		if (ret) {
-			inode_unlock(inode);
-			goto setflags_out;
-		}
 
-		flags = flags & EXT2_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE;
-		flags |= oldflags & ~EXT2_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE;
-		ei->i_flags = flags;
+long ext2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
+	unsigned short rsv_window_size;
+	int ret;
 
-		ext2_set_inode_flags(inode);
-		inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
-		inode_unlock(inode);
+	ext2_debug ("cmd = %u, arg = %lu\n", cmd, arg);
 
-		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-setflags_out:
-		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	switch (cmd) {
 	case EXT2_IOC_GETVERSION:
 		return put_user(inode->i_generation, (int __user *) arg);
 	case EXT2_IOC_SETVERSION: {
@@ -163,12 +140,6 @@ long ext2_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	/* These are just misnamed, they actually get/put from/to user an int */
 	switch (cmd) {
-	case EXT2_IOC32_GETFLAGS:
-		cmd = EXT2_IOC_GETFLAGS;
-		break;
-	case EXT2_IOC32_SETFLAGS:
-		cmd = EXT2_IOC_SETFLAGS;
-		break;
 	case EXT2_IOC32_GETVERSION:
 		cmd = EXT2_IOC_GETVERSION;
 		break;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index ea980f1e2e99..f1f81d07155d 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.get_acl	= ext2_get_acl,
 	.set_acl	= ext2_set_acl,
 	.tmpfile	= ext2_tmpfile,
+	.miscattr_get	= ext2_miscattr_get,
+	.miscattr_set	= ext2_miscattr_set,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext2_special_inode_operations = {
