diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
index 98a80ec5faa9..4310b9105d0f 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/inode.c
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ int hfsplus_cat_read_inode(struct inode *inode, struct hfs_find_data *fd)
 int hfsplus_cat_write_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct inode *main_inode = inode;
+	struct hfs_btree *tree = HFSPLUS_SB(inode->i_sb)->cat_tree;
 	struct hfs_find_data fd;
 	hfsplus_cat_entry entry;
 	int res = 0;
@@ -609,7 +610,7 @@ int hfsplus_cat_write_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (!main_inode->i_nlink)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (hfs_find_init(HFSPLUS_SB(main_inode->i_sb)->cat_tree, &fd))
+	if (hfs_find_init(tree, &fd))
 		/* panic? */
 		return -EIO;
 
@@ -674,6 +675,15 @@ int hfsplus_cat_write_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	set_bit(HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY, &HFSPLUS_I(inode)->flags);
 out:
 	hfs_find_exit(&fd);
+
+	if (!res) {
+		res = hfs_btree_write(tree);
+		if (res) {
+			pr_err("b-tree write err: %d, ino %lu\n",
+			       res, inode->i_ino);
+		}
+	}
+
 	return res;
 }