diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 2c19d362d2d43df09def800c4d72ba678328074b..4d4cc6a90cd57f18b330674f8e5320205cc2a5e6 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -929,6 +929,12 @@ static int ecryptfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *ia)
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&crypt_stat->cs_mutex);
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+		rc = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
+		if (rc)
+			goto out;
+		fsstack_copy_attr_all(inode, lower_inode);
+	}
 	memcpy(&lower_ia, ia, sizeof(lower_ia));
 	if (ia->ia_valid & ATTR_FILE)
 		lower_ia.ia_file = ecryptfs_file_to_lower(ia->ia_file);