diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 09f930b7a785075c8a0d32b98d6f76016e9be4e7..f0abe4323136284a630ad053b7ce04c88576f3da 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ static int ext4_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 	ext4_set_de_type(dir->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR);
 	inode->i_nlink = 2;
 	BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
-	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, dir_block);
+	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, inode, dir_block);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_clear_inode;
 	err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);