diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
index 6c3bc32..b489efb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "xfs_bmap_util.h"
 #include "xfs_bmap_btree.h"
 #include "xfs_attr.h"
+#include "xfs_attr_sf.h"
 #include "xfs_attr_leaf.h"
 #include "xfs_attr_remote.h"
 #include "xfs_error.h"
@@ -266,6 +267,23 @@ xfs_attr_set_first_parent(
 	return error;
 }
 
+int
+xfs_attr_set_parent(
+	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
+	struct xfs_parent_name_rec *rec,
+	int			reclen,
+	const char		*value,
+	int			valuelen,
+	struct xfs_defer_ops	*dfops,
+	xfs_fsblock_t		*firstblock)
+{
+	int                     flags = ATTR_PARENT;
+
+	return xfs_attr_set_defered(ip, dfops, (char *)rec, reclen,
+				    (char *)value, valuelen, flags);
+}
+
 /*
  * set the attribute specified in @args. In the case of the parent attribute
  * being set, we do not want to roll the transaction on shortform-to-leaf
@@ -512,8 +530,8 @@ xfs_attr_set(
 	 */
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(args.trans, dp, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
 	error = xfs_trans_commit(args.trans);
-	xfs_iunlock(dp, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 
+	xfs_iunlock(dp, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	return error;
 
 out_defer_cancel:
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_parent.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_parent.c
index 88f7edc..0707336 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_parent.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_parent.c
@@ -96,3 +96,46 @@ xfs_parent_create(
 
 	return xfs_parent_create_nrec(tp, child, &nrec, dfops, firstblock);
 }
+
+static int
+xfs_parent_add_nrec(
+	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
+	struct xfs_inode	*child,
+	struct xfs_parent_name_irec *nrec,
+	struct xfs_defer_ops	*dfops,
+	xfs_fsblock_t		*firstblock)
+{
+	struct xfs_parent_name_rec rec;
+
+	rec.p_ino = cpu_to_be64(nrec->p_ino);
+	rec.p_gen = cpu_to_be32(nrec->p_gen);
+	rec.p_diroffset = cpu_to_be32(nrec->p_diroffset);
+
+	return xfs_attr_set_parent(tp, child, &rec, sizeof(rec),
+				   nrec->p_name, nrec->p_namelen,
+				   dfops, firstblock);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add a parent record to an inode with existing parent records.
+ */
+int
+xfs_parent_add(
+	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
+	struct xfs_inode	*parent,
+	struct xfs_inode	*child,
+	struct xfs_name		*child_name,
+	uint32_t		diroffset,
+	struct xfs_defer_ops	*dfops,
+	xfs_fsblock_t		*firstblock)
+{
+	struct xfs_parent_name_irec nrec;
+
+	nrec.p_ino = parent->i_ino;
+	nrec.p_gen = VFS_I(parent)->i_generation;
+	nrec.p_diroffset = diroffset;
+	nrec.p_name = child_name->name;
+	nrec.p_namelen = child_name->len;
+
+	return xfs_parent_add_nrec(tp, child, &nrec, dfops, firstblock);
+}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.h
index ceeea45..07abcff 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.h
@@ -198,4 +198,14 @@ int xfs_attr_set_first_parent(struct xfs_trans *tp, struct xfs_inode *ip,
 			      const char *value, int valuelen,
 			      struct xfs_defer_ops *dfops,
 			      xfs_fsblock_t *firstblock);
+
+int xfs_parent_add(struct xfs_trans *tp, struct xfs_inode *parent,
+		   struct xfs_inode *child, struct xfs_name *child_name,
+		   xfs_dir2_dataptr_t diroffset, struct xfs_defer_ops *dfops,
+		   xfs_fsblock_t *firstblock);
+int xfs_attr_set_parent(struct xfs_trans *tp, struct xfs_inode *ip,
+			struct xfs_parent_name_rec *rec, int reclen,
+			const char *value, int valuelen,
+			struct xfs_defer_ops *dfops, xfs_fsblock_t *firstblock);
+
 #endif	/* __XFS_ATTR_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 45d3981..46a4d3b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -1451,6 +1451,8 @@ xfs_link(
 	struct xfs_defer_ops	dfops;
 	xfs_fsblock_t           first_block;
 	int			resblks;
+	uint32_t		diroffset;
+	bool			first_parent = false;
 
 	trace_xfs_link(tdp, target_name);
 
@@ -1467,6 +1469,25 @@ xfs_link(
 	if (error)
 		goto std_return;
 
+	/*
+	 * If we have parent pointers and there is no attribute fork (i.e. we
+	 * are linking in a O_TMPFILE created inode) we need to add the
+	 * attribute fork to the inode. Because we may have an existing data
+	 * fork, we do this before we start the link transaction as adding an
+	 * attribute fork requires it's own transaction.
+	 */
+	if (xfs_sb_version_hasparent(&mp->m_sb) && !xfs_inode_hasattr(sip)) {
+		int sf_size = sizeof(struct xfs_attr_sf_hdr) +
+				XFS_ATTR_SF_ENTSIZE_BYNAME(
+					sizeof(struct xfs_parent_name_rec),
+					target_name->len);
+		ASSERT(VFS_I(sip)->i_nlink == 0);
+		error = xfs_bmap_add_attrfork(sip, sf_size, 0);
+		if (error)
+			goto std_return;
+		first_parent = true;
+	}
+
 	resblks = XFS_LINK_SPACE_RES(mp, target_name->len);
 	error = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_link, resblks, 0, 0, &tp);
 	if (error == -ENOSPC) {
@@ -1498,8 +1519,6 @@ xfs_link(
 			goto error_return;
 	}
 
-	xfs_defer_init(&dfops, &first_block);
-
 	/*
 	 * Handle initial link state of O_TMPFILE inode
 	 */
@@ -1509,36 +1528,55 @@ xfs_link(
 			goto error_return;
 	}
 
+	xfs_defer_init(&dfops, &first_block);
 	error = xfs_dir_createname(tp, tdp, target_name, sip->i_ino,
-				   &first_block, &dfops, resblks, NULL);
+				   &first_block, &dfops, resblks, &diroffset);
 	if (error)
-		goto error_return;
+		goto out_defer_cancel;
 	xfs_trans_ichgtime(tp, tdp, XFS_ICHGTIME_MOD | XFS_ICHGTIME_CHG);
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, tdp, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
 
 	error = xfs_bumplink(tp, sip);
 	if (error)
-		goto error_return;
+		goto out_defer_cancel;
 
 	/*
-	 * If this is a synchronous mount, make sure that the
-	 * link transaction goes to disk before returning to
-	 * the user.
+	 * If we have parent pointers, we now need to add the parent record to
+	 * the attribute fork of the inode. If this is the initial parent
+	 * atribute, we need to create it correctly, otherwise we can just add
+	 * the parent to the inode.
+	 */
+	if (xfs_sb_version_hasparent(&mp->m_sb)) {
+		if (first_parent)
+			error = xfs_parent_create(tp, tdp, sip, target_name,
+						  diroffset, &dfops,
+						  &first_block);
+		else
+			error = xfs_parent_add(tp, tdp, sip, target_name,
+					       diroffset, &dfops,
+					       &first_block);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_defer_cancel;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If this is a synchronous mount, make sure that the link transaction
+	 * goes to disk before returning to the user.
 	 */
 	if (mp->m_flags & (XFS_MOUNT_WSYNC|XFS_MOUNT_DIRSYNC))
 		xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
 
 	error = xfs_defer_finish(&tp, &dfops);
-	if (error) {
-		xfs_defer_cancel(&dfops);
-		goto error_return;
-	}
+	if (error)
+		goto out_defer_cancel;
 
 	return xfs_trans_commit(tp);
 
- error_return:
+out_defer_cancel:
+	xfs_defer_cancel(&dfops);
+error_return:
 	xfs_trans_cancel(tp);
- std_return:
+std_return:
 	return error;
 }
 
