diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 929acce6e73..262041b87cd 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -1654,6 +1654,8 @@ 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");
+	reiserfs_warning(NULL, "", "initializing security xattrs never worked, disable it");
+
 	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..4037a998dbf 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;
 
+	/* See warning in read_super_block(). */
+	return 0;
+
 	/* Don't add selinux attributes on xattrs - they'll never get used */
 	if (IS_PRIVATE(dir))
 		return 0;