1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 83be743c8d1f..a43e6617b351 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1517,6 +1517,8 @@ static int ext4_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
         de->rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(blocksize, blocksize);
         retval = add_dirent_to_buf(handle, dentry, inode, de, bh);
         brelse(bh);
+        if (retval == 0)
+                ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NEWENTRY);
         return retval;
 }