diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 986efd9511ac..fda70fedf56d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4877,6 +4877,8 @@ struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 	}
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
 	ext4_set_inode_flags(inode);
+	if (ei->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL)
+		ext4_xattr_inode_set_class(inode);
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	return inode;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 7dd80d16f98e..3d19be8f102e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ const struct xattr_handler *ext4_xattr_handlers[] = {
 #define EXT4_GET_MB_CACHE(inode)	(((struct ext4_sb_info *) \
 				inode->i_sb->s_fs_info)->s_mb_cache)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+void ext4_xattr_inode_set_class(struct inode *ea_inode)
+{
+	lockdep_set_subclass(&ea_inode->i_rwsem, 1);
+}
+#endif
+
 static __le32 ext4_xattr_block_csum(struct inode *inode,
 				    sector_t block_nr,
 				    struct ext4_xattr_header *hdr)
@@ -828,6 +835,7 @@ static struct inode *ext4_xattr_inode_create(handle_t *handle,
 		ea_inode->i_op = &ext4_file_inode_operations;
 		ea_inode->i_fop = &ext4_file_operations;
 		ext4_set_aops(ea_inode);
+		ext4_xattr_inode_set_class(ea_inode);
 		ea_inode->i_generation = inode->i_generation;
 		EXT4_I(ea_inode)->i_flags |= EXT4_EA_INODE_FL;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.h b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
index 6e10ff9393d4..e8bef79bdc38 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
@@ -196,3 +196,9 @@ static inline int ext4_init_security(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+extern void ext4_xattr_inode_set_class(struct inode *ea_inode);
+#else
+static inline void ext4_xattr_inode_set_class(struct inode *ea_inode) { }
+#endif