diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr_security.c b/fs/ext4/xattr_security.c
index 629001b2863263ccf23800c8b7f13cdd89d95947..197a9d8a15efe6822a2d55052005b4a23d767b31 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr_security.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ext4_initxattrs(struct inode *inode, const struct xattr *xattr_array,
 		err = ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle, inode,
 					    EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY,
 					    xattr->name, xattr->value,
-					    xattr->value_len, 0);
+					    xattr->value_len, XATTR_CREATE);
 		if (err < 0)
 			break;
 	}