diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 5f698585d7e4..fd78c33dce9a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -2417,7 +2417,7 @@ static inline void f2fs_change_bit(unsigned int nr, char *addr)
 			   F2FS_DIRSYNC_FL | F2FS_PROJINHERIT_FL)
 
 /* Flags that are appropriate for regular files (all but dir-specific ones). */
-#define F2FS_REG_FLMASK		(~F2FS_DIRSYNC_FL)
+#define F2FS_REG_FLMASK		(~(F2FS_DIRSYNC_FL | F2FS_PROJINHERIT_FL))
 
 /* Flags that are appropriate for non-directories/regular files. */
 #define F2FS_OTHER_FLMASK	(F2FS_NODUMP_FL | F2FS_NOATIME_FL)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index 63a0fcd84492..d88334588d03 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ static int do_read_inode(struct inode *inode)
 					le16_to_cpu(ri->i_gc_failures);
 	fi->i_xattr_nid = le32_to_cpu(ri->i_xattr_nid);
 	fi->i_flags = le32_to_cpu(ri->i_flags);
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		fi->i_flags &= ~F2FS_PROJINHERIT_FL;
 	fi->flags = 0;
 	fi->i_advise = ri->i_advise;
 	fi->i_pino = le32_to_cpu(ri->i_pino);