diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 740cad8..f9fa95f 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -1293,6 +1293,8 @@
 	struct inode *inode;
 	long ret = -EIO;
 	int n;
+	uid_t i_uid;
+	gid_t i_gid;
 
 	inode = iget_locked(sb, ino);
 	if (!inode)
@@ -1310,12 +1312,14 @@
 	}
 
 	inode->i_mode = le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_mode);
-	inode->i_uid = (uid_t)le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_uid_low);
-	inode->i_gid = (gid_t)le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_gid_low);
+	i_uid = (uid_t)le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_uid_low);
+	i_gid = (gid_t)le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_gid_low);
 	if (!(test_opt (inode->i_sb, NO_UID32))) {
-		inode->i_uid |= le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_uid_high) << 16;
-		inode->i_gid |= le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_gid_high) << 16;
+		i_uid |= le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_uid_high) << 16;
+		i_gid |= le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_gid_high) << 16;
 	}
+	i_uid_write(inode, i_uid);
+	i_gid_write(inode, i_gid);
 	set_nlink(inode, le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_links_count));
 	inode->i_size = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_size);
 	inode->i_atime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_atime);
@@ -1413,8 +1417,8 @@
 	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	ino_t ino = inode->i_ino;
-	uid_t uid = inode->i_uid;
-	gid_t gid = inode->i_gid;
+	uid_t uid = i_uid_read(inode);
+	gid_t gid = i_gid_read(inode);
 	struct buffer_head * bh;
 	struct ext2_inode * raw_inode = ext2_get_inode(sb, ino, &bh);
 	int n;
@@ -1529,8 +1533,8 @@
 
 	if (is_quota_modification(inode, iattr))
 		dquot_initialize(inode);
-	if ((iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_UID && iattr->ia_uid != inode->i_uid) ||
-	    (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_GID && iattr->ia_gid != inode->i_gid)) {
+	if ((iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_UID && !uid_eq(iattr->ia_uid, inode->i_uid)) ||
+	    (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_GID && !gid_eq(iattr->ia_gid, inode->i_gid))) {
 		error = dquot_transfer(inode, iattr);
 		if (error)
 			return error;