diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 2fd3b0e41787..a679a482c986 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -1054,6 +1054,11 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (ext4_handle_valid(handle)) {
+		ei->i_sync_tid = handle->h_transaction->t_tid;
+		ei->i_datasync_tid = handle->h_transaction->t_tid;
+	}
+
 	err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 	if (err) {
 		ext4_std_error(sb, err);