diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index eed357ff6c99720996d896e1752306c4ebdd0fc9..fc22f556aa24aae0a30d694f07a80d123cac51e8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4501,6 +4501,7 @@ static struct inode *btrfs_new_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->index_cnt = 2;
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->root = root;
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->generation = trans->transid;
+	inode->i_generation = BTRFS_I(inode)->generation;
 	btrfs_set_inode_space_info(root, inode);
 
 	if (mode & S_IFDIR)