diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 9959b6287bea16f8e088bac5b18a4090c778c676..c903b6a0ef1487da0424e996f9e8df9a3ef8c0df 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -1208,6 +1208,7 @@ xfs_create(
 	unlock_dp_on_error = true;
 
 	xfs_defer_init(&dfops, &first_block);
+	tp->t_agfl_dfops = &dfops;
 
 	/*
 	 * Reserve disk quota and the inode.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_symlink.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_symlink.c
index 5b66ac12913c2184a49549ed3da0b66a6d7410de..88643a8fd4879a6e9c039536104bbed1ed904725 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_symlink.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_symlink.c
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ xfs_symlink(
 	 * bmapi or the directory create code.
 	 */
 	xfs_defer_init(&dfops, &first_block);
+	tp->t_agfl_dfops = &dfops;
 
 	/*
 	 * Allocate an inode for the symlink.