for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
                sbi->s_hash_seed[i] = le32_to_cpu(es->s_hash_seed[i]);
        sbi->s_def_hash_version = es->s_def_hash_version;
-       i = le32_to_cpu(es->s_flags);
-       if (i & EXT2_FLAGS_UNSIGNED_HASH)
-               sbi->s_hash_unsigned = 3;
-       else if ((i & EXT2_FLAGS_SIGNED_HASH) == 0) {
+       if (EXT4_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_DIR_INDEX)) {
+               i = le32_to_cpu(es->s_flags);
+               if (i & EXT2_FLAGS_UNSIGNED_HASH)
+                       sbi->s_hash_unsigned = 3;
+               else if ((i & EXT2_FLAGS_SIGNED_HASH) == 0) {
 #ifdef __CHAR_UNSIGNED__
-               es->s_flags |= cpu_to_le32(EXT2_FLAGS_UNSIGNED_HASH);
-               sbi->s_hash_unsigned = 3;
+                       if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
+                               es->s_flags |=
+                                       cpu_to_le32(EXT2_FLAGS_UNSIGNED_HASH);
+                       sbi->s_hash_unsigned = 3;
 #else
-               es->s_flags |= cpu_to_le32(EXT2_FLAGS_SIGNED_HASH);
+                       if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
+                               es->s_flags |=
+                                       cpu_to_le32(EXT2_FLAGS_SIGNED_HASH);
 #endif
+               }
        }
 
        /* Handle clustersize */