1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 4be2e7666d02..f060663ab70c 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 {
         struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
         int error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+        int issec = !strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
+                                   XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN);
 
+        if (issec)
+                inode->i_flags &= ~S_NOSEC;
         if (inode->i_op->setxattr) {
                 error = inode->i_op->setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags);
                 if (!error) {
@@ -99,8 +103,7 @@ int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
                         security_inode_post_setxattr(dentry, name, value,
                                                      size, flags);
                 }
-        } else if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
-                                XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN)) {
+        } else if (issec) {
                 const char *suffix = name + XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN;
                 error = security_inode_setsecurity(inode, suffix, value,
                                                    size, flags);