diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.h b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.h
index c764352447ba..81bec2c80b25 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void reiserfs_security_free(struct reiserfs_security_handle *sec);
 
 static inline int reiserfs_xattrs_initialized(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	return REISERFS_SB(sb)->priv_root != NULL;
+	return REISERFS_SB(sb)->priv_root && REISERFS_SB(sb)->xattr_root;
 }
 
 #define xattr_size(size) ((size) + sizeof(struct reiserfs_xattr_header))