--- x/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ y/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1433,7 +1433,6 @@ static struct inode *ext4_xattr_inode_cr
 		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);
 		unlock_new_inode(ea_inode);
 		ext4_xattr_inode_set_ref(ea_inode, 1);
 		ext4_xattr_inode_set_hash(ea_inode, hash);