1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/summary.c b/fs/jffs2/summary.c
index 831a42c13059..9763d73c0da1 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/summary.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/summary.c
@@ -508,8 +508,14 @@ static int jffs2_sum_process_sum_data(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_eras
                                 xd = jffs2_setup_xattr_datum(c, je32_to_cpu(spx->xid),
                                                                 je32_to_cpu(spx->version));
                                 if (IS_ERR(xd)) {
-                                        JFFS2_NOTICE("allocation of xattr_datum failed\n");
                                         jffs2_free_raw_node_ref(raw);
+                                        if (PTR_ERR(xd) == -EEXIST) {
+                                                /* a newer version of xd exists */
+                                                DIRTY_SPACE(je32_to_cpu(spx->totlen));
+                                                sp += JFFS2_SUMMARY_XATTR_SIZE;
+                                                break;
+                                        }
+                                        JFFS2_NOTICE("allocation of xattr_datum failed\n");
                                         kfree(summary);
                                         return PTR_ERR(xd);
                                 }