diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 8f4bda75122e749e9b138a1b22e206c34ecfc0e8..bd87b7a66afbe981acef7c48989738ea4f4d9c25 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2156,9 +2156,7 @@ static int ext4_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
 		inode->i_op = &ext4_special_inode_operations;
-#endif
 		err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
 	}
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);