diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
index f7f796ea11fdefc3e7d686707e0a3861c4c3a31f..1618efda033232e79c3a8daade00368aa7fe81e8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
@@ -404,6 +404,15 @@ xfs_attr_set(
 				args->total, 0, quota_flags);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_trans_cancel;
+
+		error = xfs_has_attr(args);
+		if (error == -EEXIST && (args->attr_flags & XATTR_CREATE))
+			goto out_trans_cancel;
+		if (error == -ENOATTR && (args->attr_flags & XATTR_REPLACE))
+			goto out_trans_cancel;
+		if (error != -ENOATTR && error != -EEXIST)
+			goto out_trans_cancel;
+
 		error = xfs_attr_set_args(args);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_trans_cancel;
@@ -411,6 +420,10 @@ xfs_attr_set(
 		if (!args->trans)
 			goto out_unlock;
 	} else {
+		error = xfs_has_attr(args);
+		if (error != -EEXIST)
+			goto out_trans_cancel;
+
 		error = xfs_attr_remove_args(args);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_trans_cancel;