diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/Kconfig b/fs/reiserfs/Kconfig
index 4d22ecfe0fa..a618d0bda7b 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/Kconfig
@@ -88,3 +88,18 @@ config REISERFS_FS_SECURITY
 
 	  If you are not using a security module that requires using
 	  extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
+
+config REISERFS_FS_SECURITY_INIT
+	bool "ReiserFS Security Labels initialization"
+	depends on REISERFS_FS_XATTR
+	default false
+	help
+	  Init new inodes with security labels provided by LSMs.
+
+	  It was broken from the beginning, since the xattr name was
+	  missing the 'security.' prefix.
+
+	  Enabling this option might cause lockdep warnings and
+	  ultimately deadlocks.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 929acce6e73..b427d03d0ea 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -1654,6 +1654,9 @@ static int read_super_block(struct super_block *s, int offset)
 
 	reiserfs_warning(NULL, "", "reiserfs filesystem is deprecated and "
 		"scheduled to be removed from the kernel in 2025");
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_SECURITY_INIT))
+		reiserfs_warning(NULL, "", "initializing security xattrs can cause deadlocks");
+
 	SB_BUFFER_WITH_SB(s) = bh;
 	SB_DISK_SUPER_BLOCK(s) = rs;
 
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
index 078dd8cc312..d82c4507803 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ int reiserfs_security_init(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode,
 	sec->value = NULL;
 	sec->length = 0;
 
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_SECURITY_INIT))
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Don't add selinux attributes on xattrs - they'll never get used */
 	if (IS_PRIVATE(dir))
 		return 0;