diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index 538519ee37d939..4855abcfe25677 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -1574,6 +1574,10 @@ const struct inode_operations ubifs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.follow_link = ubifs_follow_link,
 	.setattr     = ubifs_setattr,
 	.getattr     = ubifs_getattr,
+	.setxattr    = ubifs_setxattr,
+	.getxattr    = ubifs_getxattr,
+	.listxattr   = ubifs_listxattr,
+	.removexattr = ubifs_removexattr,
 };
 
 const struct file_operations ubifs_file_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
index 5e0a63b1b0d54a..c3254a681a7869 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
@@ -293,18 +293,16 @@ static struct inode *iget_xattr(struct ubifs_info *c, ino_t inum)
 	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
 
-int ubifs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
-		   const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+static int setxattr(struct inode *host, const char *name, const void *value,
+		    size_t size, int flags)
 {
-	struct inode *inode, *host = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode;
 	struct ubifs_info *c = host->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct qstr nm = QSTR_INIT(name, strlen(name));
 	struct ubifs_dent_node *xent;
 	union ubifs_key key;
 	int err, type;
 
-	dbg_gen("xattr '%s', host ino %lu ('%pd'), size %zd", name,
-		host->i_ino, dentry, size);
 	ubifs_assert(mutex_is_locked(&host->i_mutex));
 
 	if (size > UBIFS_MAX_INO_DATA)
@@ -356,6 +354,15 @@ int ubifs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	return err;
 }
 
+int ubifs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+		   const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+{
+	dbg_gen("xattr '%s', host ino %lu ('%pd'), size %zd",
+		name, dentry->d_inode->i_ino, dentry, size);
+
+	return setxattr(dentry->d_inode, name, value, size, flags);
+}
+
 ssize_t ubifs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buf,
 		       size_t size)
 {