diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 19892d7d2ed1122547536d5bee21cff9293e7a8a..ab35b113003b900ad3592217d64e6cef82fe8f9d 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -1085,6 +1085,8 @@ ecryptfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
 	}
 
 	rc = vfs_setxattr(lower_dentry, name, value, size, flags);
+	if (!rc)
+		fsstack_copy_attr_all(dentry->d_inode, lower_dentry->d_inode);
 out:
 	return rc;
 }