diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 18500edefc56..3b537e7038c7 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -801,7 +801,12 @@ static int fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct page *locked_page,
 
 	/* update inode */
 	inode->i_rdev = le32_to_cpu(info->rdev);
-	inode->i_blkbits = fls(le32_to_cpu(info->layout.fl_stripe_unit)) - 1;
+	/* directories have fl_stripe_unit set to zero */
+	if (le32_to_cpu(info->layout.fl_stripe_unit))
+		inode->i_blkbits =
+			fls(le32_to_cpu(info->layout.fl_stripe_unit)) - 1;
+	else
+		inode->i_blkbits = CEPH_BLOCK_SHIFT;
 
 	__ceph_update_quota(ci, iinfo->max_bytes, iinfo->max_files);