diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 8954208..362b0ed 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@
 	struct ext4_xattr_block_find bs = {
 		.s = { .not_found = -ENODATA, },
 	};
+	unsigned long no_expand;
 	int error;
 
 	if (!name)
@@ -966,6 +967,9 @@
 	if (strlen(name) > 255)
 		return -ERANGE;
 	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	no_expand = EXT4_I(inode)->i_state & EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND;
+	EXT4_I(inode)->i_state |= EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND;
+
 	error = ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &is.iloc);
 	if (error)
 		goto cleanup;
@@ -1042,6 +1046,8 @@
 cleanup:
 	brelse(is.iloc.bh);
 	brelse(bs.bh);
+	if (no_expand == 0)
+		EXT4_I(inode)->i_state &= ~EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND;
 	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 	return error;
 }