diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 34a0535f2e95..697e7b5b8319 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -1303,10 +1303,7 @@ static void process_init_reply(struct fuse_mount *fm, struct fuse_args *args,
 		process_init_limits(fc, arg);
 
 		if (arg->minor >= 6) {
-			u64 flags = arg->flags;
-
-			if (flags & FUSE_INIT_EXT)
-				flags |= (u64) arg->flags2 << 32;
+			u64 flags = arg->flags | (u64) arg->flags2 << 32;
 
 			ra_pages = arg->max_readahead / PAGE_SIZE;
 			if (flags & FUSE_ASYNC_READ)