diff --git a/libntfs-3g/attrib.c b/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
index 19b1b69f..e2c6790d 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
@@ -2726,6 +2726,10 @@ int ntfs_resident_attr_record_add(ntfs_inode *ni, ATTR_TYPES type,
 			goto put_err_out;
 		}
 	}
+	if (type == AT_DATA && name == AT_UNNAMED) {
+		ni->data_size = size;
+		ni->allocated_size = (size + 7) & ~7;
+	}
 	ntfs_inode_mark_dirty(ni);
 	ntfs_attr_put_search_ctx(ctx);
 	return offset;
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/dir.c b/libntfs-3g/dir.c
index bed0d181..5e7b3131 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/dir.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/dir.c
@@ -1203,6 +1203,8 @@ static ntfs_inode *__ntfs_create(ntfs_inode *dir_ni,
 	fn->last_data_change_time = utc2ntfs(ni->last_data_change_time);
 	fn->last_mft_change_time = utc2ntfs(ni->last_mft_change_time);
 	fn->last_access_time = utc2ntfs(ni->last_access_time);
+	fn->data_size = cpu_to_sle64(ni->data_size);
+	fn->allocated_size = cpu_to_sle64(ni->allocated_size);
 	memcpy(fn->file_name, name, name_len * sizeof(ntfschar));
 	/* Add FILE_NAME attribute to inode. */
 	if (ntfs_attr_add(ni, AT_FILE_NAME, AT_UNNAMED, 0, (u8*)fn, fn_len)) {