diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/fs.c b/fs/bcachefs/fs.c
index 615ef8305c6eb41d96c43999f9e830fdf479cd8a..f9c9a95d7d4cada3b4c55a853d99627009b8d39a 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/fs.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/fs.c
@@ -1497,11 +1497,6 @@ static void bch2_vfs_inode_init(struct btree_trans *trans, subvol_inum inum,
 	bch2_iget5_set(&inode->v, &inum);
 	bch2_inode_update_after_write(trans, inode, bi, ~0);
 
-	if (BCH_SUBVOLUME_SNAP(subvol))
-		set_bit(EI_INODE_SNAPSHOT, &inode->ei_flags);
-	else
-		clear_bit(EI_INODE_SNAPSHOT, &inode->ei_flags);
-
 	inode->v.i_blocks	= bi->bi_sectors;
 	inode->v.i_ino		= bi->bi_inum;
 	inode->v.i_rdev		= bi->bi_dev;
@@ -1513,6 +1508,9 @@ static void bch2_vfs_inode_init(struct btree_trans *trans, subvol_inum inum,
 	inode->ei_qid		= bch_qid(bi);
 	inode->ei_subvol	= inum.subvol;
 
+	if (BCH_SUBVOLUME_SNAP(subvol))
+		set_bit(EI_INODE_SNAPSHOT, &inode->ei_flags);
+
 	inode->v.i_mapping->a_ops = &bch_address_space_operations;
 
 	switch (inode->v.i_mode & S_IFMT) {