diff --git a/fs/ext2/symlink.c b/fs/ext2/symlink.c
index 4e2426e22bbe..565cf817bbf1 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/symlink.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= page_follow_link_light,
 	.put_link	= page_put_link,
+	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR
 	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
 	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_symlink_inode_operations = {
 const struct inode_operations ext2_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= ext2_follow_link,
+	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR
 	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
 	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,