diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
index 161f156..c8d0703 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
@@ -615,6 +615,11 @@
 		DQUOT_DROP(inode);
 		goto fail2;
 	}
+	err = ext2_init_security(inode,dir);
+	if (err) {
+		DQUOT_FREE_INODE(inode);
+		goto fail2;
+	}
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	ext2_debug("allocating inode %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
 	ext2_preread_inode(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.h b/fs/ext2/xattr.h
index 5f3bfde..67cfeb6 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.h
@@ -116,3 +116,11 @@
 
 # endif  /* CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_SECURITY
+extern int ext2_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir);
+#else
+static inline int ext2_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr_security.c b/fs/ext2/xattr_security.c
index 6a6c59f..a266127 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr_security.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/ext2_fs.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
 #include "xattr.h"
 
 static size_t
@@ -45,6 +46,27 @@
 			      value, size, flags);
 }
 
+int
+ext2_init_security(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 = ext2_xattr_set(inode, EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY,
+			     name, value, len, 0);
+	kfree(name);
+	kfree(value);
+	return err;
+}
+
 struct xattr_handler ext2_xattr_security_handler = {
 	.prefix	= XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 	.list	= ext2_xattr_security_list,