diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
index 7918ab1a3f35..0d13da5523b1 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
@@ -1738,6 +1738,7 @@ repack:
 
 	attr_b->nres.total_size = cpu_to_le64(total_size);
 	inode_set_bytes(&ni->vfs_inode, total_size);
+	ni->ni_flags |= NI_FLAG_UPDATE_PARENT;
 
 	mi_b->dirty = true;
 	mark_inode_dirty(&ni->vfs_inode);