diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 8e9c4a47d819..9cce563fd627 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -1300,7 +1300,6 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 	di->i_size = cpu_to_le64(sb->s_blocksize);
 	di->i_ctime = di->i_mtime = cpu_to_le64(dir->i_ctime.tv_sec);
 	di->i_ctime_nsec = di->i_mtime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(dir->i_ctime.tv_nsec);
-	dir->i_blocks = ocfs2_inode_sector_count(dir);
 
 	/*
 	 * This should never fail as our extent list is empty and all
@@ -1313,6 +1312,12 @@ static int ocfs2_expand_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 		goto out_commit;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Set i_blocks after the extent insert for the most up to
+	 * date ip_clusters value.
+	 */
+	dir->i_blocks = ocfs2_inode_sector_count(dir);
+
 	ret = ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);