diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index 104322b..34ea4f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
@@ -200,12 +200,9 @@
 			table readahead algorithm will pre-read into
 			the buffer cache.  The default value is 32 blocks.
 
-nouser_xattr		Disables Extended User Attributes. If you have extended
-			attribute support enabled in the kernel configuration
-			(CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR), extended attribute support
-			is enabled by default on mount. See the attr(5) manual
-			page and http://acl.bestbits.at/ for more information
-			about extended attributes.
+nouser_xattr		Disables Extended User Attributes.  See the
+			attr(5) manual page and http://acl.bestbits.at/
+			for more information about extended attributes.
 
 noacl			This option disables POSIX Access Control List
 			support. If ACL support is enabled in the kernel
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index f95ae3a..eaff24a 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 	tristate
 	default y if EXT2_FS=y && EXT2_FS_XATTR
 	default y if EXT3_FS=y && EXT3_FS_XATTR
-	default y if EXT4_FS=y && EXT4_FS_XATTR
-	default m if EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR || EXT4_FS_XATTR
+	default y if EXT4_FS=y
+	default m if EXT2_FS_XATTR || EXT3_FS_XATTR || EXT4_FS
 
 source "fs/reiserfs/Kconfig"
 source "fs/jfs/Kconfig"
diff --git a/fs/ext4/Kconfig b/fs/ext4/Kconfig
index c22f170..0a475c8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/ext4/Kconfig
@@ -39,22 +39,8 @@
 	  compiled kernel size by using one file system driver for
 	  ext2, ext3, and ext4 file systems.
 
-config EXT4_FS_XATTR
-	bool "Ext4 extended attributes"
-	depends on EXT4_FS
-	default y
-	help
-	  Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
-	  the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
-	  <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
-
-	  If unsure, say N.
-
-	  You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext4.
-
 config EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	bool "Ext4 POSIX Access Control Lists"
-	depends on EXT4_FS_XATTR
 	select FS_POSIX_ACL
 	help
 	  POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
@@ -67,7 +53,6 @@
 
 config EXT4_FS_SECURITY
 	bool "Ext4 Security Labels"
-	depends on EXT4_FS_XATTR
 	help
 	  Security labels support alternative access control models
 	  implemented by security modules like SELinux.  This option
diff --git a/fs/ext4/Makefile b/fs/ext4/Makefile
index 3d96d56..0310fec 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/Makefile
+++ b/fs/ext4/Makefile
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 ext4-y	:= balloc.o bitmap.o dir.o file.o fsync.o ialloc.o inode.o page-io.o \
 		ioctl.o namei.o super.o symlink.o hash.o resize.o extents.o \
 		ext4_jbd2.o migrate.o mballoc.o block_validity.o move_extent.o \
-		mmp.o indirect.o extents_status.o
+		mmp.o indirect.o extents_status.o xattr.o xattr_user.o \
+		xattr_trusted.o inline.o
 
-ext4-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR)		+= xattr.o xattr_user.o xattr_trusted.o inline.o
 ext4-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL)	+= acl.o
 ext4-$(CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY)		+= xattr_security.o
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index b90e272..e20dc38 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -848,7 +848,6 @@
 #endif
 	unsigned long	i_flags;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
 	/*
 	 * Extended attributes can be read independently of the main file
 	 * data. Taking i_mutex even when reading would cause contention
@@ -857,7 +856,6 @@
 	 * EAs.
 	 */
 	struct rw_semaphore xattr_sem;
-#endif
 
 	struct list_head i_orphan;	/* unlinked but open inodes */
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 2f5759e..b64a60b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -656,12 +656,10 @@
 const struct inode_operations ext4_file_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr	= ext4_setattr,
 	.getattr	= ext4_getattr,
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
 	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
 	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
-#endif
 	.get_acl	= ext4_get_acl,
 	.fiemap		= ext4_fiemap,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index b37c218..cac4482 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -3228,23 +3228,19 @@
 	.mknod		= ext4_mknod,
 	.rename		= ext4_rename,
 	.setattr	= ext4_setattr,
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
 	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
 	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
-#endif
 	.get_acl	= ext4_get_acl,
 	.fiemap         = ext4_fiemap,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext4_special_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr	= ext4_setattr,
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
 	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
 	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
-#endif
 	.get_acl	= ext4_get_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index e1e216f..7d53adf 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -997,9 +997,7 @@
 	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = (struct ext4_inode_info *) foo;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->i_orphan);
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
 	init_rwsem(&ei->xattr_sem);
-#endif
 	init_rwsem(&ei->i_data_sem);
 	inode_init_once(&ei->vfs_inode);
 }
@@ -1449,13 +1447,8 @@
 	{Opt_data_journal, EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_DATA, MOPT_DATAJ},
 	{Opt_data_ordered, EXT4_MOUNT_ORDERED_DATA, MOPT_DATAJ},
 	{Opt_data_writeback, EXT4_MOUNT_WRITEBACK_DATA, MOPT_DATAJ},
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
 	{Opt_user_xattr, EXT4_MOUNT_XATTR_USER, MOPT_SET},
 	{Opt_nouser_xattr, EXT4_MOUNT_XATTR_USER, MOPT_CLEAR},
-#else
-	{Opt_user_xattr, 0, MOPT_NOSUPPORT},
-	{Opt_nouser_xattr, 0, MOPT_NOSUPPORT},
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	{Opt_acl, EXT4_MOUNT_POSIX_ACL, MOPT_SET},
 	{Opt_noacl, EXT4_MOUNT_POSIX_ACL, MOPT_CLEAR},
@@ -3368,9 +3361,7 @@
 	if (def_mount_opts & EXT4_DEFM_UID16)
 		set_opt(sb, NO_UID32);
 	/* xattr user namespace & acls are now defaulted on */
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
 	set_opt(sb, XATTR_USER);
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	set_opt(sb, POSIX_ACL);
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/ext4/symlink.c b/fs/ext4/symlink.c
index ed9354a..ff37119 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/symlink.c
@@ -35,22 +35,18 @@
 	.follow_link	= page_follow_link_light,
 	.put_link	= page_put_link,
 	.setattr	= ext4_setattr,
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
 	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
 	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
-#endif
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ext4_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link	= ext4_follow_link,
 	.setattr	= ext4_setattr,
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
 	.setxattr	= generic_setxattr,
 	.getxattr	= generic_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= ext4_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
-#endif
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.h b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
index 4222388..7b5513e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
 };
 
-# ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
-
 extern const struct xattr_handler ext4_xattr_user_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler ext4_xattr_trusted_handler;
 extern const struct xattr_handler ext4_xattr_acl_access_handler;
@@ -193,239 +191,6 @@
 extern void ext4_inline_data_truncate(struct inode *inode, int *has_inline);
 
 extern int ext4_convert_inline_data(struct inode *inode);
-# else  /* CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR */
-
-static inline int
-ext4_xattr_get(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
-	       void *buffer, size_t size, int flags)
-{
-	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-}
-
-static inline int
-ext4_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
-	       const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
-{
-	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-}
-
-static inline int
-ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int name_index,
-	       const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
-{
-	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-}
-
-static inline void
-ext4_xattr_delete_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
-{
-}
-
-static inline void
-ext4_xattr_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-}
-
-static __init inline int
-ext4_init_xattr(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void
-ext4_exit_xattr(void)
-{
-}
-
-static inline int
-ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea(struct inode *inode, int new_extra_isize,
-			    struct ext4_inode *raw_inode, handle_t *handle)
-{
-	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-}
-
-#define ext4_xattr_handlers	NULL
-
-static inline int
-ext4_xattr_ibody_find(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_xattr_info *i,
-		      struct ext4_xattr_ibody_find *is)
-{
-	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-}
-
-static inline int
-ext4_xattr_ibody_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-		     struct ext4_xattr_info *i,
-		     struct ext4_xattr_ibody_find *is)
-{
-	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-}
-
-static inline int
-ext4_xattr_ibody_get(struct inode *inode, int name_index,
-		     const char *name,
-		     void *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
-{
-	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-}
-
-static inline int ext4_find_inline_data_nolock(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int ext4_has_inline_data(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int ext4_get_inline_size(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int ext4_get_max_inline_size(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void ext4_write_inline_data(struct inode *inode,
-					  struct ext4_iloc *iloc,
-					  void *buffer, loff_t pos,
-					  unsigned int len)
-{
-	return;
-}
-
-static inline int ext4_init_inline_data(handle_t *handle,
-					struct inode *inode,
-					unsigned int len)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int ext4_destroy_inline_data(handle_t *handle,
-					   struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int ext4_readpage_inline(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int ext4_try_to_write_inline_data(struct address_space *mapping,
-						struct inode *inode,
-						loff_t pos, unsigned len,
-						unsigned flags,
-						struct page **pagep)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int ext4_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode,
-					     loff_t pos, unsigned len,
-					     unsigned copied,
-					     struct page *page)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline struct buffer_head *
-ext4_journalled_write_inline_data(struct inode *inode,
-				  unsigned len,
-				  struct page *page)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static inline int
-ext4_da_write_inline_data_begin(struct address_space *mapping,
-				struct inode *inode,
-				loff_t pos, unsigned len,
-				unsigned flags,
-				struct page **pagep,
-				void **fsdata)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int ext4_da_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos,
-						unsigned len, unsigned copied,
-						struct page *page)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *handle,
-					    struct dentry *dentry,
-					    struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int ext4_try_create_inline_dir(handle_t *handle,
-					     struct inode *parent,
-					     struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-static inline int ext4_read_inline_dir(struct file *filp,
-				       void *dirent, filldir_t filldir,
-				       int *has_inline_data)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline struct buffer_head *
-ext4_find_inline_entry(struct inode *dir,
-		       const struct qstr *d_name,
-		       struct ext4_dir_entry_2 **res_dir,
-		       int *has_inline_data)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-static inline int ext4_delete_inline_entry(handle_t *handle,
-					   struct inode *dir,
-					   struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de_del,
-					   struct buffer_head *bh,
-					   int *has_inline_data)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int empty_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, int *has_inline_data)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline struct buffer_head *
-ext4_get_first_inline_block(struct inode *inode,
-			    struct ext4_dir_entry_2 **parent_de,
-			    int *retval)
-{
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static inline int ext4_inline_data_fiemap(struct inode *inode,
-					  struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
-					  int *has_inline)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void ext4_inline_data_truncate(struct inode *inode,
-					     int *has_inline)
-{
-	return;
-}
-
-static inline int ext4_convert_inline_data(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-# endif  /* CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY
 extern int ext4_init_security(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,