diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 293f698b7042..4b72da4d646f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2425,6 +2425,8 @@ struct ext4_dir_entry_2 {
 	char	name[EXT4_NAME_LEN];	/* File name */
 };
 
+#define DIFF_AREA_DE_XH sizeof(struct ext4_dir_entry_2)
+
 /*
  * Access the hashes at the end of ext4_dir_entry_2
  */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 7bf9ba19a89d..313c460a93c5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -2160,7 +2160,7 @@ ext4_xattr_block_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 				error = -EIO;
 				goto getblk_failed;
 			}
-			memcpy(new_bh->b_data, s->base, new_bh->b_size);
+			memcpy(new_bh->b_data + DIFF_AREA_DE_XH, s->base, new_bh->b_size);
 			ext4_xattr_block_csum_set(inode, new_bh);
 			set_buffer_uptodate(new_bh);
 			unlock_buffer(new_bh);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.h b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
index 1fedf44d4fb6..4a28023c72e8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 */
 
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
+#include "ext4.h"
 
 /* Magic value in attribute blocks */
 #define EXT4_XATTR_MAGIC		0xEA020000
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ struct ext4_xattr_entry {
 #define EXT4_XATTR_MIN_LARGE_EA_SIZE(b)					\
 	((b) - EXT4_XATTR_LEN(3) - sizeof(struct ext4_xattr_header) - 4)
 
-#define BHDR(bh) ((struct ext4_xattr_header *)((bh)->b_data))
+#define BHDR(bh) ((struct ext4_xattr_header *)((bh)->b_data + DIFF_AREA_DE_XH))
 #define ENTRY(ptr) ((struct ext4_xattr_entry *)(ptr))
 #define BFIRST(bh) ENTRY(BHDR(bh)+1)
 #define IS_LAST_ENTRY(entry) (*(__u32 *)(entry) == 0)