diff --git a/fs/ubifs/journal.c b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
index 9887c03a631b..539fa934ed93 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
@@ -661,6 +661,11 @@ int ubifs_jnl_update(struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *dir,
 	spin_lock(&ui->ui_lock);
 	ui->synced_i_size = ui->ui_size;
 	spin_unlock(&ui->ui_lock);
+	if (xent) {
+		spin_lock(&host_ui->ui_lock);
+		host_ui->synced_i_size = host_ui->ui_size;
+		spin_unlock(&host_ui->ui_lock);
+	}
 	mark_inode_clean(c, ui);
 	mark_inode_clean(c, host_ui);
 	return 0;