1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
index f4ac5e0bbad1..984616cca254 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ ssize_t btrfs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size)
         key.offset = 0;
 
         path = btrfs_alloc_path();
-        path->reada = 2;
         if (!path)
                 return -ENOMEM;
+        path->reada = 2;
 
         mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->fs_mutex);
 
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ int btrfs_delete_xattrs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
         path = btrfs_alloc_path();
         if (!path)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-
+        path->reada = -1;
         key.objectid = inode->i_ino;
         btrfs_set_key_type(&key, BTRFS_XATTR_ITEM_KEY);
         key.offset = (u64)-1;