diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
index be4ee3dcc5cf..72518ecb1b9a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
@@ -477,6 +477,17 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
+	/*
+	 * Use the correct seed for checksum (i.e. the seed from 'inode').  This
+	 * is so that the metadata blocks will have the correct checksum after
+	 * the migration.
+	 *
+	 * Note however that, if a crash occurs during the migration process,
+	 * the recovery process is broken because the tmp_inode checksums will
+	 * be wrong and the orphans cleanup will fail.
+	 */
+	ei = EXT4_I(inode);
+	EXT4_I(tmp_inode)->i_csum_seed = ei->i_csum_seed;
 	i_size_write(tmp_inode, i_size_read(inode));
 	/*
 	 * Set the i_nlink to zero so it will be deleted later
@@ -520,7 +531,6 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 		goto out_tmp_inode;
 	}
 
-	ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	i_data = ei->i_data;
 	memset(&lb, 0, sizeof(lb));