diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 4a797f2..2060fc3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -2480,6 +2480,7 @@
 	di->i_orphaned_slot = 0;
 	set_nlink(inode, 1);
 	ocfs2_set_links_count(di, inode->i_nlink);
+	ocfs2_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, 1);
 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
 
 	status = ocfs2_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode,