diff --git a/simple.c b/simple.c
index 149aee3..17f54f1 100644
--- a/simple.c
+++ b/simple.c
@@ -488,13 +488,7 @@ static int simplefs_create_fs_object(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	inode->i_sb = sb;
 	inode->i_op = &simplefs_inode_ops;
 	inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
-	inode->i_ino = SIMPLEFS_START_INO;
-
-	/* Loop until we get an unique inode number */
-	while (simplefs_get_inode(sb, inode->i_ino)) {
-		/* inode inode->i_ino already exists */
-		inode->i_ino++;
-	}
+	inode->i_ino = (count + SIMPLEFS_START_INO - SIMPLEFS_RESERVED_INODES + 1);
 
 	sfs_inode = kmalloc(sizeof(struct simplefs_inode), GFP_KERNEL);
 	sfs_inode->inode_no = inode->i_ino;
diff --git a/simple.h b/simple.h
index 2bc9858..e7f1f96 100644
--- a/simple.h
+++ b/simple.h
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 #define SIMPLEFS_DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE 4096
 #define SIMPLEFS_FILENAME_MAXLEN 255
 #define SIMPLEFS_START_INO 10
+/**
+ * Reserver inodes for super block, inodestore
+ * and datablock
+ */
+#define SIMPLEFS_RESERVED_INODES 3
 
 #ifdef SIMPLEFS_DEBUG
 #define sfs_trace(fmt, ...) {                       \