1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 28aa2ed4297e..68611945687d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2217,6 +2217,8 @@ retry:
                         goto out_stop;
                 }
         } else {
+                /* clear the extent format for fast symlink */
+                EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags &= ~EXT4_EXTENTS_FL;
                 inode->i_op = &ext4_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
                 memcpy((char*)&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data,symname,l);
                 inode->i_size = l-1;