diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
index e8fc86dab611..83c15c70f594 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
@@ -1565,6 +1565,7 @@ int attr_allocate_frame(struct ntfs_inode *ni, CLST frame, size_t compr_size,
 
 	attr_b->nres.total_size = cpu_to_le64(total_size);
 	inode_set_bytes(&ni->vfs_inode, total_size);
+	ni->ni_flags |= NI_FLAG_UPDATE_PARENT;
 
 	mi_b->dirty = true;
 	mark_inode_dirty(&ni->vfs_inode);