diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index bd4da9c5207e..d5db55df442b 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ void inode_init_once(struct inode *inode)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_io_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_wb_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_lru);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_sb_list);
 	__address_space_init_once(&inode->i_data);
 	i_size_ordered_init(inode);
 }
@@ -1021,7 +1022,6 @@ struct inode *new_inode_pseudo(struct super_block *sb)
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		inode->i_state = 0;
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_sb_list);
 	}
 	return inode;
 }
@@ -1165,7 +1165,6 @@ struct inode *inode_insert5(struct inode *inode, unsigned long hashval,
 {
 	struct hlist_head *head = inode_hashtable + hash(inode->i_sb, hashval);
 	struct inode *old;
-	bool creating = inode->i_state & I_CREATING;
 
 again:
 	spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
@@ -1199,7 +1198,12 @@ again:
 	inode->i_state |= I_NEW;
 	hlist_add_head_rcu(&inode->i_hash, head);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	if (!creating)
+
+	/*
+	 * Add inode to the sb list if it's not already. It has I_NEW at this
+	 * point, so it should be safe to test i_sb_list locklessly.
+	 */
+	if (list_empty(&inode->i_sb_list))
 		inode_sb_list_add(inode);
 unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);