diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index d4a4f0e9ff699ae49165ea93ff4b53c162b6a60a..175414ac22109ef19bf0cf5841d131000cb7e6d2 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -1000,6 +1000,11 @@ ext3_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int name_index,
 			i.value = NULL;
 			error = ext3_xattr_block_set(handle, inode, &i, &bs);
 		} else if (error == -ENOSPC) {
+			if (EXT3_I(inode)->i_file_acl && !bs.s.base) {
+				error = ext3_xattr_block_find(inode, &i, &bs);
+				if (error)
+					goto cleanup;
+			}
 			error = ext3_xattr_block_set(handle, inode, &i, &bs);
 			if (error)
 				goto cleanup;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 3fbc2c6c3d0e900c5ce8e1a5f8e56270f5984768..ff08633f398edb410cba33f9912f743ebfa29ada 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1009,6 +1009,11 @@ ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int name_index,
 			i.value = NULL;
 			error = ext4_xattr_block_set(handle, inode, &i, &bs);
 		} else if (error == -ENOSPC) {
+			if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl && !bs.s.base) {
+				error = ext4_xattr_block_find(inode, &i, &bs);
+				if (error)
+					goto cleanup;
+			}
 			error = ext4_xattr_block_set(handle, inode, &i, &bs);
 			if (error)
 				goto cleanup;