1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
index 4d3c20e787c3..a92c8792c0f6 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
@@ -55,8 +55,16 @@ int reiserfs_security_init(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode,
                            struct reiserfs_security_handle *sec)
 {
         int blocks = 0;
-        int error = security_inode_init_security(inode, dir, &sec->name,
-                                                 &sec->value, &sec->length);
+        int error;
+
+        sec->name = NULL;
+
+        /* Don't add selinux attributes on xattrs - they'll never get used */
+        if (IS_PRIVATE(dir))
+                return 0;
+
+        error = security_inode_init_security(inode, dir, &sec->name,
+                                             &sec->value, &sec->length);
         if (error) {
                 if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
                         error = 0;