diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 36b141e420b7..75b3708b778e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ static const struct mount_opts {
 	{Opt_delalloc, EXT4_MOUNT_DELALLOC,
 	 MOPT_EXT4_ONLY | MOPT_SET | MOPT_EXPLICIT},
 	{Opt_nodelalloc, EXT4_MOUNT_DELALLOC,
-	 MOPT_EXT4_ONLY | MOPT_CLEAR | MOPT_EXPLICIT},
+	 MOPT_EXT4_ONLY | MOPT_CLEAR},
 	{Opt_journal_checksum, EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_CHECKSUM,
 	 MOPT_EXT4_ONLY | MOPT_SET},
 	{Opt_journal_async_commit, (EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT |