diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/symlink.c b/lib/ext2fs/symlink.c
index fb8b91b..da6e3a8 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/symlink.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/symlink.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_symlink(ext2_filsys fs, ext2_ino_t parent, ext2_ino_t ino,
 	memset(&inode, 0, sizeof(struct ext2_inode));
 	inode.i_mode = LINUX_S_IFLNK | 0777;
 	inode.i_uid = inode.i_gid = 0;
-	ext2fs_iblk_set(fs, &inode, 1);
+	ext2fs_iblk_set(fs, &inode, fastlink ? 0 : 1);
 	inode.i_links_count = 1;
 	inode.i_size = target_len;
 	/* The time fields are set by ext2fs_write_new_inode() */
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_symlink(ext2_filsys fs, ext2_ino_t parent, ext2_ino_t ino,
 		strcpy((char *)&inode.i_block, target);
 	} else {
 		/* Slow symlinks, target stored in the first block */
+		memset(block_buf, 0, fs->blocksize);
 		strcpy(block_buf, target);
 		if (fs->super->s_feature_incompat &
 		   EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENTS) {
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_symlink(ext2_filsys fs, ext2_ino_t parent, ext2_ino_t ino,
 	 */
 	if (!fastlink)
 		ext2fs_block_alloc_stats2(fs, blk, +1);
-	ext2fs_inode_alloc_stats2(fs, ino, +1, 1);
+	ext2fs_inode_alloc_stats2(fs, ino, +1, 0);
 
 cleanup:
 	if (block_buf)