diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
index ea62245fee263d8f38e51b4d6ff6bad0e2b05b02..62900938f26d331c871f69c594e9bb0dd93c82fe 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ __xfs_xattr_put_listent(
 	arraytop = context->count + prefix_len + namelen + 1;
 	if (arraytop > context->firstu) {
 		context->count = -1;	/* insufficient space */
+		context->seen_enough = 1;
 		return 0;
 	}
 	offset = (char *)context->alist + context->count;