diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index e862b82..fc90710 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1173,20 +1173,11 @@ static struct inode *ext4_nfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	if (ino < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb) && ino != EXT4_ROOT_INO)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
-	if (ino > le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count))
-		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
-
-	/* iget isn't really right if the inode is currently unallocated!!
-	 *
-	 * ext4_read_inode will return a bad_inode if the inode had been
-	 * deleted, so we should be safe.
-	 *
+	/*
 	 * Currently we don't know the generation for parent directory, so
 	 * a generation of 0 means "accept any"
 	 */
-	inode = ext4_iget_normal(sb, ino);
+	inode = ext4_iget(sb, ino, EXT4_IGET_HANDLE);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 	if (generation && inode->i_generation != generation) {
@@ -4350,7 +4341,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	 * so we can safely mount the rest of the filesystem now.
 	 */
 
-	root = ext4_iget(sb, EXT4_ROOT_INO);
+	root = ext4_iget(sb, EXT4_ROOT_INO, EXT4_IGET_SPECIAL);
 	if (IS_ERR(root)) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "get root inode failed");
 		ret = PTR_ERR(root);
@@ -4618,7 +4609,7 @@ static struct inode *ext4_get_journal_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 	 * happen if we iget() an unused inode, as the subsequent iput()
 	 * will try to delete it.
 	 */
-	journal_inode = ext4_iget(sb, journal_inum);
+	journal_inode = ext4_iget(sb, journal_inum, EXT4_IGET_SPECIAL);
 	if (IS_ERR(journal_inode)) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "no journal found");
 		return NULL;
@@ -5700,7 +5691,7 @@ static int ext4_quota_enable(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id,
 	if (!qf_inums[type])
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	qf_inode = ext4_iget(sb, qf_inums[type]);
+	qf_inode = ext4_iget(sb, qf_inums[type], EXT4_IGET_SPECIAL);
 	if (IS_ERR(qf_inode)) {
 		ext4_error(sb, "Bad quota inode # %lu", qf_inums[type]);
 		return PTR_ERR(qf_inode);