diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 8f5dc243effd..afdef31ff728 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ static int ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock(handle_t *handle,
 
 	memset((void *)ext4_raw_inode(&is.iloc)->i_block,
 		0, EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE);
+	memset(ei->i_data, 0, EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE);
 
 	if (ext4_has_feature_extents(inode->i_sb)) {
 		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ||