diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 2891f789f5455e0c3b19c411b32d90d45b0c79dd..c77984473db987f646b850bdfe8ee1682b62fcac 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -113,36 +113,28 @@ static int xattr_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 #define xattr_may_create(flags)	(!flags || flags & XATTR_CREATE)
 
-/* Returns and possibly creates the xattr dir. */
-static struct dentry *lookup_or_create_dir(struct dentry *parent,
-					    const char *name, int flags)
+static struct dentry *open_xa_root(struct super_block *sb, int flags)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry;
-	BUG_ON(!parent);
+	struct dentry *privroot = REISERFS_SB(sb)->priv_root;
+	struct dentry *xaroot;
+	if (!privroot->d_inode)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
 
-	mutex_lock_nested(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR);
-	dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name));
-	if (!IS_ERR(dentry) && !dentry->d_inode) {
-		int err = -ENODATA;
+	mutex_lock_nested(&privroot->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR);
 
+	xaroot = dget(REISERFS_SB(sb)->xattr_root);
+	if (!xaroot->d_inode) {
+		int err = -ENODATA;
 		if (xattr_may_create(flags))
-			err = xattr_mkdir(parent->d_inode, dentry, 0700);
-
+			err = xattr_mkdir(privroot->d_inode, xaroot, 0700);
 		if (err) {
-			dput(dentry);
-			dentry = ERR_PTR(err);
+			dput(xaroot);
+			xaroot = ERR_PTR(err);
 		}
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	return dentry;
-}
 
-static struct dentry *open_xa_root(struct super_block *sb, int flags)
-{
-	struct dentry *privroot = REISERFS_SB(sb)->priv_root;
-	if (!privroot)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
-	return lookup_or_create_dir(privroot, XAROOT_NAME, flags);
+	mutex_unlock(&privroot->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	return xaroot;
 }
 
 static struct dentry *open_xa_dir(const struct inode *inode, int flags)
@@ -158,10 +150,22 @@ static struct dentry *open_xa_dir(const struct inode *inode, int flags)
 		 le32_to_cpu(INODE_PKEY(inode)->k_objectid),
 		 inode->i_generation);
 
-	xadir = lookup_or_create_dir(xaroot, namebuf, flags);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&xaroot->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR);
+
+	xadir = lookup_one_len(namebuf, xaroot, strlen(namebuf));
+	if (!IS_ERR(xadir) && !xadir->d_inode) {
+		int err = -ENODATA;
+		if (xattr_may_create(flags))
+			err = xattr_mkdir(xaroot->d_inode, xadir, 0700);
+		if (err) {
+			dput(xadir);
+			xadir = ERR_PTR(err);
+		}
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&xaroot->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	dput(xaroot);
 	return xadir;
-
 }
 
 /* The following are side effects of other operations that aren't explicitly
@@ -986,19 +990,33 @@ int reiserfs_lookup_privroot(struct super_block *s)
 int reiserfs_xattr_init(struct super_block *s, int mount_flags)
 {
 	int err = 0;
+	struct dentry *privroot = REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 	err = xattr_mount_check(s);
 	if (err)
 		goto error;
 
-	if (!REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root->d_inode && !(mount_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+	if (!privroot->d_inode && !(mount_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		mutex_lock(&s->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 		err = create_privroot(REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root);
 		mutex_unlock(&s->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	}
-	if (!err)
+
+	if (privroot->d_inode) {
 		s->s_xattr = reiserfs_xattr_handlers;
+		mutex_lock(&privroot->d_inode->i_mutex);
+		if (!REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root) {
+			struct dentry *dentry;
+			dentry = lookup_one_len(XAROOT_NAME, privroot,
+						strlen(XAROOT_NAME));
+			if (!IS_ERR(dentry))
+				REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root = dentry;
+			else
+				err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+		}
+		mutex_unlock(&privroot->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	}
 
 error:
 	if (err) {
@@ -1008,11 +1026,12 @@ int reiserfs_xattr_init(struct super_block *s, int mount_flags)
 #endif
 
 	/* The super_block MS_POSIXACL must mirror the (no)acl mount option. */
-	s->s_flags = s->s_flags & ~MS_POSIXACL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	if (reiserfs_posixacl(s))
 		s->s_flags |= MS_POSIXACL;
+	else
 #endif
+		s->s_flags &= ~MS_POSIXACL;
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
index 6b361d23a499e852b86c9f500a045b8fe3452192..8651640868a1bbc16e5aa2233427c448a28124c8 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ struct reiserfs_sb_info {
 	int reserved_blocks;	/* amount of blocks reserved for further allocations */
 	spinlock_t bitmap_lock;	/* this lock on now only used to protect reserved_blocks variable */
 	struct dentry *priv_root;	/* root of /.reiserfs_priv */
-	struct dentry *xattr_root;	/* root of /.reiserfs_priv/.xa */
+	struct dentry *xattr_root;	/* root of /.reiserfs_priv/xattrs */
 	int j_errno;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	char *s_qf_names[MAXQUOTAS];
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
index fea1a8e65befd364dc45be85df0665900adc8792..cdedc01036e45738e165220562fbbfbea66192f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static inline size_t reiserfs_xattr_jcreate_nblocks(struct inode *inode)
 
 	if ((REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags & i_has_xattr_dir) == 0) {
 		nblocks += JOURNAL_BLOCKS_PER_OBJECT(inode->i_sb);
-		if (REISERFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->xattr_root == NULL)
+		if (!REISERFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->xattr_root->d_inode)
 			nblocks += JOURNAL_BLOCKS_PER_OBJECT(inode->i_sb);
 	}