diff --git a/e2fsck/dirinfo.c b/e2fsck/dirinfo.c
index 901235c..f0bf2ad 100644
--- a/e2fsck/dirinfo.c
+++ b/e2fsck/dirinfo.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static void setup_tdb(e2fsck_t ctx, ext2_ino_t num_dirs)
 	uuid_unparse(ctx->fs->super->s_uuid, uuid);
 	sprintf(db->tdb_fn, "%s/%s-dirinfo-XXXXXX", tdb_dir, uuid);
 	fd = mkstemp(db->tdb_fn);
-	db->tdb = tdb_open(db->tdb_fn, 0, TDB_CLEAR_IF_FIRST,
+	db->tdb = tdb_open(db->tdb_fn, 99931, TDB_CLEAR_IF_FIRST,
 			   O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0600);
 	close(fd);
 }
diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/icount.c b/lib/ext2fs/icount.c
index bec0f5f..bba740d 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/icount.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/icount.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_create_icount_tdb(ext2_filsys fs, char *tdb_dir,
 	fd = mkstemp(fn);
 
 	icount->tdb_fn = fn;
-	icount->tdb = tdb_open(fn, 0, TDB_CLEAR_IF_FIRST,
+	icount->tdb = tdb_open(fn, 999931, TDB_NOLOCK | TDB_NOSYNC,
 			       O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0600);
 	if (icount->tdb) {
 		close(fd);