diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
index d57fa60..542b319 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
@@ -1161,17 +1161,15 @@ static int __init init_ceph(void)
 		goto out;
 
 	ceph_flock_init();
-	ceph_xattr_init();
 	ret = register_filesystem(&ceph_fs_type);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_xattr;
+		goto out_caches;
 
 	pr_info("loaded (mds proto %d)\n", CEPH_MDSC_PROTOCOL);
 
 	return 0;
 
-out_xattr:
-	ceph_xattr_exit();
+out_caches:
 	destroy_caches();
 out:
 	return ret;
@@ -1181,7 +1179,6 @@ static void __exit exit_ceph(void)
 {
 	dout("exit_ceph\n");
 	unregister_filesystem(&ceph_fs_type);
-	ceph_xattr_exit();
 	destroy_caches();
 }