diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 0c25d326afc4..7b2e77517f23 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ struct inode *ceph_new_inode(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	inode->i_blkbits = CEPH_FSCRYPT_BLOCK_SHIFT;
+
 	if (!S_ISLNK(*mode)) {
 		err = ceph_pre_init_acls(dir, mode, as_ctx);
 		if (err < 0)