--- a92c8792c0f6d82d95fe00b8b3acbdc54802fd80 +++ b37b13b93d89f719b43e26e9c9eb4b1f092b2e1a @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ int reiserfs_security_init(struct inode return error; } - if (sec->length) { + if (sec->length && reiserfs_xattrs_initialized(inode->i_sb)) { blocks = reiserfs_xattr_jcreate_nblocks(inode) + reiserfs_xattr_nblocks(inode, sec->length); /* We don't want to count the directories twice if we have