1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 8f4bda75122..bd87b7a66af 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2156,9 +2156,7 @@ retry:
         err = PTR_ERR(inode);
         if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
                 init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
                 inode->i_op = &ext4_special_inode_operations;
-#endif
                 err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
         }
         ext4_journal_stop(handle);