diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 883ff965d984..d7f242a93b7c 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ static int ext3_setup_super(struct super_block *sb, struct ext3_super_block *es,
                    inconsistencies, to force a fsck at reboot.  But for
                    a plain journaled filesystem we can keep it set as
                    valid forever! :) */
-	es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(es->s_state) & ~EXT3_VALID_FS);
+	es->s_state &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT3_VALID_FS);
 #endif
 	if (!(__s16) le16_to_cpu(es->s_max_mnt_count))
 		es->s_max_mnt_count = cpu_to_le16(EXT3_DFL_MAX_MNT_COUNT);