diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index 544fd5894efc..5fddf408e4f3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -342,13 +342,15 @@ static loff_t ext4_dir_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	int dx_dir = is_dx_dir(inode);
-	loff_t htree_max = ext4_get_htree_eof(file);
+	loff_t ret, htree_max = ext4_get_htree_eof(file);
 
 	if (likely(dx_dir))
-		return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, whence,
+		ret = generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, whence,
 						    htree_max, htree_max);
 	else
-		return ext4_llseek(file, offset, whence);
+		ret = ext4_llseek(file, offset, whence);
+	file->f_version = inode->i_version - 1;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*