diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index dbd0d7a10154..ae73e6793683 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ int ext4_ext_tree_init(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 	eh->eh_entries = 0;
 	eh->eh_magic = EXT4_EXT_MAGIC;
 	eh->eh_max = cpu_to_le16(ext4_ext_space_root(inode, 0));
+	eh->eh_generation = 0;
 	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1118,6 +1119,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	neh->eh_max = cpu_to_le16(ext4_ext_space_block(inode, 0));
 	neh->eh_magic = EXT4_EXT_MAGIC;
 	neh->eh_depth = 0;
+	neh->eh_generation = 0;
 
 	/* move remainder of path[depth] to the new leaf */
 	if (unlikely(path[depth].p_hdr->eh_entries !=
@@ -1195,6 +1197,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		neh->eh_magic = EXT4_EXT_MAGIC;
 		neh->eh_max = cpu_to_le16(ext4_ext_space_block_idx(inode, 0));
 		neh->eh_depth = cpu_to_le16(depth - i);
+		neh->eh_generation = 0;
 		fidx = EXT_FIRST_INDEX(neh);
 		fidx->ei_block = border;
 		ext4_idx_store_pblock(fidx, oldblock);