diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 396dc3a5d16b..af3a6992bf20 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5331,11 +5331,15 @@ struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 
 	if (EXT4_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb) > EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) {
 		if (ei->i_extra_isize == 0) {
+			 printk("DEBUG: inode %lu: i_extra_isize == 0, skipping xattr check\n",
+               inode->i_ino);
 			/* The extra space is currently unused. Use it. */
 			BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ext4_inode) & 3);
 			ei->i_extra_isize = sizeof(struct ext4_inode) -
 					    EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE;
 		} else {
+			 printk("DEBUG: inode %lu: calling ext4_iget_extra_inode\n",
+               inode->i_ino);
 			ret = ext4_iget_extra_inode(inode, raw_inode, ei);
 			if (ret)
 				goto bad_inode;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 7bf9ba19a89d..abc27521a3a8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ int
 __xattr_check_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header *header,
 			 void *end, const char *function, unsigned int line)
 {
+	printk("DEBUG: inode %lu: __xattr_check_inode called, IFIRST=%px end=%px gap=%ld\n",
+           inode->i_ino, IFIRST(header), end,
+           (long)(end - (void *)IFIRST(header)));
 	return check_xattrs(inode, NULL, IFIRST(header), end, IFIRST(header),
 			    function, line);
 }
@@ -645,6 +648,8 @@ ext4_xattr_ibody_get(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
 
 	if (!ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_XATTR))
 		return -ENODATA;
+	printk("DEBUG: inode %lu: ext4_xattr_ibody_get called, EXT4_STATE_XATTR is set\n",
+       inode->i_ino);
 	error = ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &iloc);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
@@ -652,6 +657,9 @@ ext4_xattr_ibody_get(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
 	header = IHDR(inode, raw_inode);
 	end = ITAIL(inode, raw_inode);
 	entry = IFIRST(header);
+	printk("DEBUG: inode %lu: ibody_get IFIRST=%px end=%px gap=%ld\n",
+		inode->i_ino, entry, end,
+		(long)(end - (void *)entry));
 	error = xattr_find_entry(inode, &entry, end, name_index, name, 0);
 	if (error)
 		goto cleanup;