diff --git a/ntfsprogs/ntfsfix.c b/ntfsprogs/ntfsfix.c
index d56b5c0e..2a624023 100644
--- a/ntfsprogs/ntfsfix.c
+++ b/ntfsprogs/ntfsfix.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static int clear_sparse(ntfs_attr *na, const char *name)
 			ctx->attr->data_size = cpu_to_sle64(na->data_size);
 			ctx->attr->initialized_size
 					= cpu_to_sle64(na->initialized_size);
-			ctx->attr->flags = cpu_to_le16(na->data_flags);
+			ctx->attr->flags = na->data_flags;
 			ctx->attr->compression_unit = 0;
 			ntfs_inode_mark_dirty(ctx->ntfs_ino);
 			NInoFileNameSetDirty(na->ni);
diff --git a/ntfsprogs/ntfsresize.c b/ntfsprogs/ntfsresize.c
index 379fb053..00a80983 100644
--- a/ntfsprogs/ntfsresize.c
+++ b/ntfsprogs/ntfsresize.c
@@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ static void truncate_badclust_bad_attr(ntfs_resize_t *resize)
 	ctx = resize->ctx;
 	ctx->attr->data_size = cpu_to_sle64(na->data_size);
 	ctx->attr->initialized_size = cpu_to_sle64(na->initialized_size);
-	ctx->attr->flags = cpu_to_le16(na->data_flags);
+	ctx->attr->flags = na->data_flags;
 	ctx->attr->compression_unit = 0;
 	ntfs_inode_mark_dirty(ctx->ntfs_ino);
 	NInoFileNameSetDirty(na->ni);