diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 5e7a38fa6ee6..768087bedbac 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -1334,7 +1334,8 @@ int
 xfs_create_tmpfile(
 	struct xfs_inode	*dp,
 	struct dentry		*dentry,
-	umode_t			mode)
+	umode_t			mode,
+	struct xfs_inode	**ipp)
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = dp->i_mount;
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip = NULL;
@@ -1402,7 +1403,6 @@ xfs_create_tmpfile(
 	xfs_qm_vop_create_dqattach(tp, ip, udqp, gdqp, pdqp);
 
 	ip->i_d.di_nlink--;
-	d_tmpfile(dentry, VFS_I(ip));
 	error = xfs_iunlink(tp, ip);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_trans_abort;
@@ -1415,6 +1415,7 @@ xfs_create_tmpfile(
 	xfs_qm_dqrele(gdqp);
 	xfs_qm_dqrele(pdqp);
 
+	*ipp = ip;
 	return 0;
 
  out_trans_abort:
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index 396cc1fafd0d..f2fcde52b66d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ int		xfs_lookup(struct xfs_inode *dp, struct xfs_name *name,
 int		xfs_create(struct xfs_inode *dp, struct xfs_name *name,
 			   umode_t mode, xfs_dev_t rdev, struct xfs_inode **ipp);
 int		xfs_create_tmpfile(struct xfs_inode *dp, struct dentry *dentry,
-			   umode_t mode);
+			   umode_t mode, struct xfs_inode **ipp);
 int		xfs_remove(struct xfs_inode *dp, struct xfs_name *name,
 			   struct xfs_inode *ip);
 int		xfs_link(struct xfs_inode *tdp, struct xfs_inode *sip,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index 89b07e43ca28..ef1ca010f417 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -1053,11 +1053,25 @@ xfs_vn_tmpfile(
 	struct dentry	*dentry,
 	umode_t		mode)
 {
-	int		error;
+	int			error;
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip;
+	struct inode		*inode;
 
-	error = xfs_create_tmpfile(XFS_I(dir), dentry, mode);
+	error = xfs_create_tmpfile(XFS_I(dir), dentry, mode, &ip);
+	if (unlikely(error))
+		return -error;
 
-	return -error;
+	inode = VFS_I(ip);
+
+	error = xfs_init_security(inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
+	if (unlikely(error)) {
+		iput(inode);
+		return -error;
+	}
+
+	d_tmpfile(dentry, inode);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations xfs_inode_operations = {