1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index 430de9f63be3..e8d60bf6b7df 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ ext3_xattr_handler(int name_index)
 /*
  * Inode operation listxattr()
  *
- * dentry->d_inode->i_sem: don't care
+ * dentry->d_inode->i_mutex: don't care
  */
 ssize_t
 ext3_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size)
@@ -946,10 +946,6 @@ ext3_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int name_index,
         };
         int error;
 
-        if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
-                return -EROFS;
-        if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
-                return -EPERM;
         if (!name)
                 return -EINVAL;
         if (strlen(name) > 255)