diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
index 9eeac0ab2b71..7e5118247660 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
@@ -867,7 +867,9 @@ static noinline int ntfs_setxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	if (!strcmp(name, SYSTEM_DOS_ATTRIB)) {
 		if (sizeof(u8) != size)
 			goto out;
-		new_fa = cpu_to_le32(*(u8 *)value);
+		/* system.dos_attrib only covers the low DOS attribute byte. */
+		new_fa = (ni->std_fa & ~cpu_to_le32(0xff)) |
+			 cpu_to_le32(*(u8 *)value);
 		goto set_new_fa;
 	}