diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index 6981bd014ede..96552769d039 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -607,6 +607,11 @@ got:
 		DQUOT_DROP(inode);
 		goto fail2;
   	}
+	err = ext3_init_security(handle,inode, dir);
+	if (err) {
+		DQUOT_FREE_INODE(inode);
+		goto fail2;
+	}
 	err = ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 	if (err) {
 		ext3_std_error(sb, err);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.h b/fs/ext3/xattr.h
index eb31a69e82dc..2ceae38f3d49 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.h
@@ -133,3 +133,14 @@ exit_ext3_xattr(void)
 #define ext3_xattr_handlers	NULL
 
 # endif  /* CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY
+extern int ext3_init_security(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+				struct inode *dir);
+#else
+static inline int ext3_init_security(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
+				struct inode *dir)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr_security.c b/fs/ext3/xattr_security.c
index ddc1c41750e1..b9c40c15647b 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr_security.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/ext3_jbd.h>
 #include <linux/ext3_fs.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
 #include "xattr.h"
 
 static size_t
@@ -47,6 +48,27 @@ ext3_xattr_security_set(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 			      value, size, flags);
 }
 
+int
+ext3_init_security(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
+{
+	int err;
+	size_t len;
+	void *value;
+	char *name;
+
+	err = security_inode_init_security(inode, dir, &name, &value, &len);
+	if (err) {
+		if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+			return 0;
+		return err;
+	}
+	err = ext3_xattr_set_handle(handle, inode, EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY,
+				    name, value, len, 0);
+	kfree(name);
+	kfree(value);
+	return err;
+}
+
 struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_security_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 	.list	= ext3_xattr_security_list,