diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ea.c b/fs/ntfs/ea.c
index 732bc5825191..62c827a80e6f 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/ea.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/ea.c
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ static int ntfs_set_ea(struct inode *inode, const char *name, size_t name_len,
 
 	if (packed_ea_size)
 		*packed_ea_size = p_ea_info->ea_length;
+	ea_info_qsize += new_ea_size;
 	mark_mft_record_dirty(ni);
 out:
 	if (!err) {