1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 4be2e76..f060663 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);