diff --git a/fs/ext4/symlink.c b/fs/ext4/symlink.c
index 00740cb32be..ed9354aff27 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/symlink.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext4_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= page_follow_link_light,
 	.put_link	= page_put_link,
+	.setattr	= ext4_setattr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
 	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
 	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext4_symlink_inode_operations = {
 const struct inode_operations ext4_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= ext4_follow_link,
+	.setattr	= ext4_setattr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
 	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
 	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,