diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
index 4d9db0ed88eaa5cb2d17a0c146ed6a888dce1dac..fad5bf6a6116382a92a26283e60f0a3095abf876 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -1107,9 +1107,9 @@ static void write_ecryptfs_marker(char *page_virt, size_t *written)
 	(*written) = MAGIC_ECRYPTFS_MARKER_SIZE_BYTES;
 }
 
-static void
-write_ecryptfs_flags(char *page_virt, struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat,
-		     size_t *written)
+void ecryptfs_write_crypt_stat_flags(char *page_virt,
+				     struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat,
+				     size_t *written)
 {
 	u32 flags = 0;
 	int i;
@@ -1290,7 +1290,8 @@ static int ecryptfs_write_headers_virt(char *page_virt, size_t max,
 	offset = ECRYPTFS_FILE_SIZE_BYTES;
 	write_ecryptfs_marker((page_virt + offset), &written);
 	offset += written;
-	write_ecryptfs_flags((page_virt + offset), crypt_stat, &written);
+	ecryptfs_write_crypt_stat_flags((page_virt + offset), crypt_stat,
+					&written);
 	offset += written;
 	ecryptfs_write_header_metadata((page_virt + offset), crypt_stat,
 				       &written);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
index d031efd7666b81b775b44395a715324f178bf711..bc7115403f38db84e4950c4443768c70e20da27d 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
@@ -659,6 +659,9 @@ int ecryptfs_decrypt_page(struct page *page);
 int ecryptfs_write_metadata(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry);
 int ecryptfs_read_metadata(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry);
 int ecryptfs_new_file_context(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry);
+void ecryptfs_write_crypt_stat_flags(char *page_virt,
+				     struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat,
+				     size_t *written);
 int ecryptfs_read_and_validate_header_region(char *data,
 					     struct inode *ecryptfs_inode);
 int ecryptfs_read_and_validate_xattr_region(char *page_virt,
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c b/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
index 270f42ae7c0d1b9adcc30c0dbb516ce89c4c6578..bea998a25afdea014996f503aa389803bd2900f2 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
@@ -82,6 +82,19 @@ static int ecryptfs_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static void strip_xattr_flag(char *page_virt,
+			     struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat)
+{
+	if (crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_METADATA_IN_XATTR) {
+		size_t written;
+
+		crypt_stat->flags &= ~ECRYPTFS_METADATA_IN_XATTR;
+		ecryptfs_write_crypt_stat_flags(page_virt, crypt_stat,
+						&written);
+		crypt_stat->flags |= ECRYPTFS_METADATA_IN_XATTR;
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  *   Header Extent:
  *     Octets 0-7:        Unencrypted file size (big-endian)
@@ -136,6 +149,7 @@ ecryptfs_copy_up_encrypted_with_header(struct page *page,
 
 				rc = ecryptfs_read_xattr_region(
 					page_virt, page->mapping->host);
+				strip_xattr_flag(page_virt + 16, crypt_stat);
 				ecryptfs_write_header_metadata(page_virt + 20,
 							       crypt_stat,
 							       &written);