diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index 39c4772e96c9d5decd93d71a2c5303fd2af95917..b4de9a0f170df28c7aef0e1635c739a3ece4d638 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -196,9 +196,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext2_file_operations = {
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext2_file_inode_operations = {
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR
 	.listxattr	= ext2_listxattr,
-#endif
 	.getattr	= ext2_getattr,
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
 	.get_acl	= ext2_get_acl,
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 1a5421a34ef7f190e68c95233ee4bc488f7812f8..ba3e3e0758913b110dbd1ca31311df137d8eafea 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -411,9 +411,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.rmdir		= ext2_rmdir,
 	.mknod		= ext2_mknod,
 	.rename		= ext2_rename,
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR
 	.listxattr	= ext2_listxattr,
-#endif
 	.getattr	= ext2_getattr,
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
 	.get_acl	= ext2_get_acl,
@@ -422,9 +420,7 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_dir_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext2_special_inode_operations = {
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR
 	.listxattr	= ext2_listxattr,
-#endif
 	.getattr	= ext2_getattr,
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
 	.get_acl	= ext2_get_acl,
diff --git a/fs/ext2/symlink.c b/fs/ext2/symlink.c
index 00cdb86794861d77b161f3297895c7cc11e0c7c0..948d3a4414030e0c4718ae42b6c11d90c9708ba7 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/symlink.c
@@ -25,16 +25,12 @@ const struct inode_operations ext2_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.get_link	= page_get_link,
 	.getattr	= ext2_getattr,
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR
 	.listxattr	= ext2_listxattr,
-#endif
 };
  
 const struct inode_operations ext2_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.get_link	= simple_get_link,
 	.getattr	= ext2_getattr,
 	.setattr	= ext2_setattr,
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR
 	.listxattr	= ext2_listxattr,
-#endif
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.h b/fs/ext2/xattr.h
index 16272e6ddcf444498f451082c94e2b2d4a68deb2..7925f596e8e2a353bbb0a699307d7a835b5167b6 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ static inline void ext2_xattr_destroy_cache(struct mb_cache *cache)
 }
 
 #define ext2_xattr_handlers NULL
+#define ext2_listxattr NULL
 
 # endif  /* CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR */