diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 93ed19ac770f..847904aa63a9 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_inode_set(struct inode *inode, void *opaque)
 	/* i_size will be overwritten for encrypted regular files */
 	fsstack_copy_inode_size(inode, lower_inode);
 	inode->i_ino = lower_inode->i_ino;
-	inode->i_version++;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ecryptfs_aops;
 
 	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))