diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index 9b6b2b6dd164c5fd047f691a68aac03fd8de69d5..be661d8f532adcea4b44d2b42aae52b788d4753e 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -675,17 +675,18 @@ ssize_t ceph_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *value,
 	if (!ceph_is_valid_xattr(name))
 		return -ENODATA;
 
-	spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
-	dout("getxattr %p ver=%lld index_ver=%lld\n", inode,
-	     ci->i_xattrs.version, ci->i_xattrs.index_version);
 
 	/* let's see if a virtual xattr was requested */
 	vxattr = ceph_match_vxattr(inode, name);
 	if (vxattr && !(vxattr->exists_cb && !vxattr->exists_cb(ci))) {
 		err = vxattr->getxattr_cb(ci, value, size);
-		goto out;
+		return err;
 	}
 
+	spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+	dout("getxattr %p ver=%lld index_ver=%lld\n", inode,
+	     ci->i_xattrs.version, ci->i_xattrs.index_version);
+
 	if (__ceph_caps_issued_mask(ci, CEPH_CAP_XATTR_SHARED, 1) &&
 	    (ci->i_xattrs.index_version >= ci->i_xattrs.version)) {
 		goto get_xattr;