else
fileid_type = FILEID_INO32_GEN_PARENT;
- /* filesystem may contain 64bit inode numbers */
- if (!(XFS_M(inode->i_sb)->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_SMALL_INUMS))
+ /*
+ * If the the filesystem may contain 64bit inode numbers, we need
+ * to use larger file handles that can represent them.
+ *
+ * While we only allocate inodes that do not fit into 32 bits any
+ * large enough filesystem may contain them, thus the slightly
+ * confusing looking conditional below.
+ */
+ if (!(XFS_M(inode->i_sb)->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_SMALL_INUMS) ||
+ (XFS_M(inode->i_sb)->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_32BITINODES))
fileid_type |= XFS_FILEID_TYPE_64FLAG;
/*