diff --git a/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/Inode.cpp b/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/Inode.cpp
index 0299ea7b..252054fa 100644
--- a/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/Inode.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/Inode.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ namespace TmpFS
         {
             u64 shmid = TRY(SharedMemory::create(m_data_buffer.data() + offset, offset, count));
             m_shmid = shmid;
+            auto* shm = g_shared_memory_map.try_get_ref(shmid);
+            shm->inode = SharedPtr<VFS::Inode> { (VFS::Inode*)this };
             return shmid;
         }