diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 534b129ea676..cc7709e7c508 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ ecryptfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct dentry *lower_old_dir_dentry;
 	struct dentry *lower_new_dir_dentry;
 	struct dentry *trap = NULL;
+	struct inode *target_inode;
 
 	lower_old_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(old_dentry);
 	lower_new_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(new_dentry);
@@ -626,6 +627,7 @@ ecryptfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	dget(lower_new_dentry);
 	lower_old_dir_dentry = dget_parent(lower_old_dentry);
 	lower_new_dir_dentry = dget_parent(lower_new_dentry);
+	target_inode = new_dentry->d_inode;
 	trap = lock_rename(lower_old_dir_dentry, lower_new_dir_dentry);
 	/* source should not be ancestor of target */
 	if (trap == lower_old_dentry) {
@@ -641,6 +643,9 @@ ecryptfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 			lower_new_dir_dentry->d_inode, lower_new_dentry);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_lock;
+	if (target_inode)
+		fsstack_copy_attr_all(target_inode,
+				      ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(target_inode));
 	fsstack_copy_attr_all(new_dir, lower_new_dir_dentry->d_inode);
 	if (new_dir != old_dir)
 		fsstack_copy_attr_all(old_dir, lower_old_dir_dentry->d_inode);