diff --git a/src/uu/du/src/du.rs b/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
index a2d2082e6..e7b00838e 100644
--- a/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
+++ b/src/uu/du/src/du.rs
@@ -557,9 +557,6 @@ impl StatPrinter {
     }
 
     fn convert_size(&self, size: u64) -> String {
-        if self.inodes {
-            return size.to_string();
-        }
         match self.size_format {
             SizeFormat::HumanDecimal => uucore::format::human::human_readable(
                 size,
@@ -569,7 +566,14 @@ impl StatPrinter {
                 size,
                 uucore::format::human::SizeFormat::Binary,
             ),
-            SizeFormat::BlockSize(block_size) => size.div_ceil(block_size).to_string(),
+            SizeFormat::BlockSize(block_size) => {
+                if self.inodes {
+                    // we ignore block size (-B) with --inodes
+                    size.to_string()
+                } else {
+                    size.div_ceil(block_size).to_string()
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_du.rs b/tests/by-util/test_du.rs
index 862d3581c..af9718a4e 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_du.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_du.rs
@@ -1198,3 +1198,25 @@ fn test_invalid_time_style() {
         .succeeds()
         .stdout_does_not_contain("du: invalid argument 'banana' for 'time style'");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_human_size() {
+    use std::fs::File;
+
+    let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &ts.fixtures;
+    let dir = at.plus_as_string("d");
+    at.mkdir(&dir);
+
+    for i in 1..=1023 {
+        let file_path = format!("{dir}/file{i}");
+        File::create(&file_path).expect("Failed to create file");
+    }
+
+    ts.ucmd()
+        .arg("--inodes")
+        .arg("-h")
+        .arg(&dir)
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_contains(format!("1.0K	{dir}"));
+}