diff --git a/btrfs-convert.c b/btrfs-convert.c
index 4dc33b3c..d742307d 100644
--- a/btrfs-convert.c
+++ b/btrfs-convert.c
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ static int create_image_file_range(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 				   struct btrfs_root *root, u64 objectid,
 				   struct btrfs_inode_item *inode,
 				   u64 start_byte, u64 end_byte,
-				   ext2_filsys ext2_fs)
+				   ext2_filsys ext2_fs, int datacsum)
 {
 	u32 blocksize = ext2_fs->blocksize;
 	u32 block = start_byte / blocksize;
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ static int create_image_file_range(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		.disk_block	= 0,
 		.num_blocks	= 0,
 		.boundary	= (u64)-1,
-		.checksum 	= 0,
+		.checksum	= datacsum,
 		.errcode	= 0,
 	};
 	for (; start_byte < end_byte; block++, start_byte += blocksize) {
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ static int create_image_file_range(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (data.num_blocks > 0) {
 		ret = record_file_blocks(trans, root, objectid, inode,
 					 data.first_block, data.disk_block,
-					 data.num_blocks, 0);
+					 data.num_blocks, datacsum);
 		if (ret)
 			goto fail;
 		data.first_block += data.num_blocks;
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ static int create_image_file_range(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (last_block > data.first_block) {
 		ret = record_file_blocks(trans, root, objectid, inode,
 					 data.first_block, 0, last_block -
-					 data.first_block, 0);
+					 data.first_block, datacsum);
 		if (ret)
 			goto fail;
 	}
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ fail:
  * Create the ext2fs image file.
  */
 static int create_ext2_image(struct btrfs_root *root, ext2_filsys ext2_fs,
-			     const char *name)
+			     const char *name, int datacsum)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct btrfs_key key;
@@ -1231,11 +1231,14 @@ static int create_ext2_image(struct btrfs_root *root, ext2_filsys ext2_fs,
 	u64 last_byte;
 	u64 first_free;
 	u64 total_bytes;
+	u64 flags = BTRFS_INODE_READONLY;
 	u32 sectorsize = root->sectorsize;
 
 	total_bytes = btrfs_super_total_bytes(fs_info->super_copy);
 	first_free =  BTRFS_SUPER_INFO_OFFSET + sectorsize * 2 - 1;
 	first_free &= ~((u64)sectorsize - 1);
+	if (!datacsum)
+		flags |= BTRFS_INODE_NODATASUM;
 
 	memset(&btrfs_inode, 0, sizeof(btrfs_inode));
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_generation(&btrfs_inode, 1);
@@ -1243,8 +1246,7 @@ static int create_ext2_image(struct btrfs_root *root, ext2_filsys ext2_fs,
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_nlink(&btrfs_inode, 1);
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_nbytes(&btrfs_inode, 0);
 	btrfs_set_stack_inode_mode(&btrfs_inode, S_IFREG | 0400);
-	btrfs_set_stack_inode_flags(&btrfs_inode, BTRFS_INODE_NODATASUM |
-				    BTRFS_INODE_READONLY);
+	btrfs_set_stack_inode_flags(&btrfs_inode,  flags);
 	btrfs_init_path(&path);
 	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
 	BUG_ON(!trans);
@@ -1271,6 +1273,12 @@ static int create_ext2_image(struct btrfs_root *root, ext2_filsys ext2_fs,
 					       key.objectid, sectorsize);
 		if (ret)
 			goto fail;
+		if (datacsum) {
+			ret = csum_disk_extent(trans, root, key.objectid,
+					       sectorsize);
+			if (ret)
+				goto fail;
+		}
 	}
 
 	while(1) {
@@ -1323,7 +1331,8 @@ next:
 		if (bytenr > last_byte) {
 			ret = create_image_file_range(trans, root, objectid,
 						      &btrfs_inode, last_byte,
-						      bytenr, ext2_fs);
+						      bytenr, ext2_fs,
+						      datacsum);
 			if (ret)
 				goto fail;
 		}
@@ -1346,7 +1355,8 @@ next:
 	if (total_bytes > last_byte) {
 		ret = create_image_file_range(trans, root, objectid,
 					      &btrfs_inode, last_byte,
-					      total_bytes, ext2_fs);
+					      total_bytes, ext2_fs,
+					      datacsum);
 		if (ret)
 			goto fail;
 	}
@@ -2374,7 +2384,7 @@ static int do_convert(const char *devname, int datacsum, int packing, int noxatt
 		fprintf(stderr, "unable to create subvol\n");
 		goto fail;
 	}
-	ret = create_ext2_image(ext2_root, ext2_fs, "image");
+	ret = create_ext2_image(ext2_root, ext2_fs, "image", datacsum);
 	if (ret) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "error during create_ext2_image %d\n", ret);
 		goto fail;