diff --git a/fs/exfat/dir.c b/fs/exfat/dir.c
index 077944d..84572e1 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/dir.c
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ static void exfat_set_entry_type(struct exfat_dentry *ep, unsigned int type)
 static void exfat_init_stream_entry(struct exfat_dentry *ep,
 		unsigned int start_clu, unsigned long long size)
 {
+	memset(ep, 0, sizeof(*ep));
 	exfat_set_entry_type(ep, TYPE_STREAM);
 	if (size == 0)
 		ep->dentry.stream.flags = ALLOC_FAT_CHAIN;
@@ -457,6 +458,7 @@ void exfat_init_dir_entry(struct exfat_entry_set_cache *es,
 	struct exfat_dentry *ep;
 
 	ep = exfat_get_dentry_cached(es, ES_IDX_FILE);
+	memset(ep, 0, sizeof(*ep));
 	exfat_set_entry_type(ep, type);
 	exfat_set_entry_time(sbi, ts,
 			&ep->dentry.file.create_tz,
diff --git a/fs/exfat/file.c b/fs/exfat/file.c
index cc00f1a..9adfc38 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/file.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/file.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int exfat_cont_expand(struct inode *inode, loff_t size)
 	clu.flags = ei->flags;
 
 	ret = exfat_alloc_cluster(inode, new_num_clusters - num_clusters,
-			&clu, IS_DIRSYNC(inode));
+			&clu, inode_needs_sync(inode));
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -77,12 +77,11 @@ out:
 	ei->i_size_aligned = round_up(size, sb->s_blocksize);
 	ei->i_size_ondisk = ei->i_size_aligned;
 	inode->i_blocks = round_up(size, sbi->cluster_size) >> 9;
+	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
-	if (IS_DIRSYNC(inode))
+	if (IS_SYNC(inode))
 		return write_inode_now(inode, 1);
 
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-
 	return 0;
 
 free_clu: