diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
index 708f931c36f1..bc2376726090 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
 #include "ecryptfs_kernel.h"
 
 #define DECRYPT		0
@@ -1131,9 +1132,21 @@ ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_xattr(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
 				 char *page_virt, size_t size)
 {
 	int rc;
+	struct dentry *lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(ecryptfs_dentry);
+	struct inode *lower_inode = d_inode(lower_dentry);
 
-	rc = ecryptfs_setxattr(ecryptfs_dentry, ecryptfs_inode,
-			       ECRYPTFS_XATTR_NAME, page_virt, size, 0);
+	if (!(lower_inode->i_opflags & IOP_XATTR)) {
+		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	inode_lock(lower_inode);
+	rc = __vfs_setxattr(lower_dentry, lower_inode, ECRYPTFS_XATTR_NAME,
+			    page_virt, size, 0);
+	if (!rc && ecryptfs_inode)
+		fsstack_copy_attr_all(ecryptfs_inode, lower_inode);
+	inode_unlock(lower_inode);
+out:
 	return rc;
 }