diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c b/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c
index fbcd1ae..2ad586f 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
 xfs_symlink_write_target(
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
+	xfs_ino_t		owner,
 	const char		*target_path,
 	int			pathlen,
 	xfs_fsblock_t		fs_blocks,
@@ -362,8 +363,7 @@
 		byte_cnt = min(byte_cnt, pathlen);
 
 		buf = bp->b_addr;
-		buf += xfs_symlink_hdr_set(mp, ip->i_ino, offset, byte_cnt,
-				bp);
+		buf += xfs_symlink_hdr_set(mp, owner, offset, byte_cnt, bp);
 
 		memcpy(buf, cur_chunk, byte_cnt);
 
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.h b/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.h
index 83b89a1..c1672fe 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.h
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 xfs_failaddr_t xfs_symlink_shortform_verify(void *sfp, int64_t size);
 int xfs_symlink_remote_read(struct xfs_inode *ip, char *link);
 int xfs_symlink_write_target(struct xfs_trans *tp, struct xfs_inode *ip,
-		const char *target_path, int pathlen, xfs_fsblock_t fs_blocks,
-		uint resblks);
+		xfs_ino_t owner, const char *target_path, int pathlen,
+		xfs_fsblock_t fs_blocks, uint resblks);
 int xfs_symlink_remote_truncate(struct xfs_trans *tp, struct xfs_inode *ip);
 
 #endif /* __XFS_SYMLINK_REMOTE_H */
diff --git a/mkfs/proto.c b/mkfs/proto.c
index a923f9c..5125ee4 100644
--- a/mkfs/proto.c
+++ b/mkfs/proto.c
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@
 	xfs_extlen_t		nb = XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, len);
 	int			error;
 
-	error = -libxfs_symlink_write_target(tp, ip, buf, len, nb, nb);
+	error = -libxfs_symlink_write_target(tp, ip, ip->i_ino, buf, len, nb,
+			nb);
 	if (error) {
 		fprintf(stderr,
 	_("%s: error %d creating symlink to '%s'.\n"), progname, error, buf);