diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 255c7c5..f9c93a9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -373,6 +373,10 @@
 	inode_item->nbytes = cpu_to_le64(root->leafsize);
 	inode_item->mode = cpu_to_le32(S_IFDIR | 0755);
 
+	root_item.flags = 0;
+	root_item.byte_limit = 0;
+	inode_item->flags = cpu_to_le64(BTRFS_INODE_ROOT_ITEM_INIT);
+
 	btrfs_set_root_bytenr(&root_item, leaf->start);
 	btrfs_set_root_generation(&root_item, trans->transid);
 	btrfs_set_root_level(&root_item, 0);