diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 3647ae0b21ab301f9ea48709db5c06e7eae024a7..657e82649fa5d5c116b5c828e77c66b7f14812c7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1811,7 +1811,8 @@ extern int ext4fs_dirhash(const char *name, int len, struct
 
 /* ialloc.c */
 extern struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *, struct inode *, int,
-				    const struct qstr *qstr, __u32 goal);
+				    const struct qstr *qstr, __u32 goal,
+				    uid_t *owner);
 extern void ext4_free_inode(handle_t *, struct inode *);
 extern struct inode * ext4_orphan_get(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 extern unsigned long ext4_count_free_inodes(struct super_block *);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index e007fecdaedc6f32dbd7d6be0f0a7a8c56005f18..acdde93b74d71dc600eb591e0f057efbe2f42e2f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ static int ext4_claim_inode(struct super_block *sb,
  * group to find a free inode.
  */
 struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode,
-			     const struct qstr *qstr, __u32 goal)
+			     const struct qstr *qstr, __u32 goal, uid_t *owner)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	struct buffer_head *inode_bitmap_bh = NULL;
@@ -852,8 +852,11 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode,
 		flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, group);
 		atomic_dec(&sbi->s_flex_groups[flex_group].free_inodes);
 	}
-
-	if (test_opt(sb, GRPID)) {
+	if (owner) {
+		inode->i_mode = mode;
+		inode->i_uid = owner[0];
+		inode->i_gid = owner[1];
+	} else if (test_opt(sb, GRPID)) {
 		inode->i_mode = mode;
 		inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
 		inode->i_gid = dir->i_gid;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
index 8a9a0912fdae44d3992852cc0ed4622f5c12bbb2..f729377bf04336d4cb12b7b4dc648c99363537d8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 	struct migrate_struct lb;
 	unsigned long max_entries;
 	__u32 goal;
+	uid_t owner[2];
 
 	/*
 	 * If the filesystem does not support extents, or the inode
@@ -466,10 +467,12 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 	}
 	goal = (((inode->i_ino - 1) / EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(inode->i_sb)) *
 		EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(inode->i_sb)) + 1;
+	owner[0] = inode->i_uid;
+	owner[1] = inode->i_gid;
 	tmp_inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, inode->i_sb->s_root->d_inode,
-				   S_IFREG, NULL, goal);
+				   S_IFREG, NULL, goal, owner);
 	if (IS_ERR(tmp_inode)) {
-		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		retval = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		return retval;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 4a550aa07614014551a2f7bbd51672d858a9c64f..f73d582e89f9f83cae9c448c3ea8069bd4e38026 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ static int ext4_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
 		ext4_handle_sync(handle);
 
-	inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, mode, &dentry->d_name, 0);
+	inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, mode, &dentry->d_name, 0, NULL);
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		inode->i_op = &ext4_file_inode_operations;
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ static int ext4_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
 		ext4_handle_sync(handle);
 
-	inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, mode, &dentry->d_name, 0);
+	inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, mode, &dentry->d_name, 0, NULL);
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
@@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ static int ext4_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 		ext4_handle_sync(handle);
 
 	inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, S_IFDIR | mode,
-			       &dentry->d_name, 0);
+			       &dentry->d_name, 0, NULL);
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		goto out_stop;
@@ -2277,7 +2277,7 @@ static int ext4_symlink(struct inode *dir,
 		ext4_handle_sync(handle);
 
 	inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, dir, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO,
-			       &dentry->d_name, 0);
+			       &dentry->d_name, 0, NULL);
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		goto out_stop;