diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 1963a8928360..ab2abd323859 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -1679,7 +1679,10 @@ int ntfs_create_inode(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	attr = ni_find_attr(ni, NULL, NULL, ATTR_EA, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
 	if (attr && attr->non_res) {
 		/* Delete ATTR_EA, if non-resident. */
-		attr_set_size(ni, ATTR_EA, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, false, NULL);
+		struct runs_tree run;
+		run_init(&run);
+		attr_set_size(ni, ATTR_EA, NULL, 0, &run, 0, NULL, false, NULL);
+		run_close(&run);
 	}
 
 	if (rp_inserted)