diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index efd4f47d530c28a737ba272e8069d7f5c650bf48..15b424837c18124278f2f9590f389a8c53bea269 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -456,8 +456,8 @@ static int ecryptfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	rc = ecryptfs_interpose(lower_new_dentry, new_dentry, dir->i_sb, 0);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_lock;
-	fsstack_copy_attr_times(dir, lower_new_dentry->d_inode);
-	fsstack_copy_inode_size(dir, lower_new_dentry->d_inode);
+	fsstack_copy_attr_times(dir, lower_dir_dentry->d_inode);
+	fsstack_copy_inode_size(dir, lower_dir_dentry->d_inode);
 	old_dentry->d_inode->i_nlink =
 		ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(old_dentry->d_inode)->i_nlink;
 	i_size_write(new_dentry->d_inode, file_size_save);