diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 0ae6486..d444fe0 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -1842,7 +1842,8 @@
 			goto error;
 		}
 
-		if ((errval = reiserfs_xattr_init(s, s->s_flags))) {
+		if ((errval = reiserfs_lookup_privroot(s)) ||
+		    (errval = reiserfs_xattr_init(s, s->s_flags))) {
 			dput(s->s_root);
 			s->s_root = NULL;
 			goto error;
@@ -1855,7 +1856,8 @@
 			reiserfs_info(s, "using 3.5.x disk format\n");
 		}
 
-		if ((errval = reiserfs_xattr_init(s, s->s_flags))) {
+		if ((errval = reiserfs_lookup_privroot(s)) ||
+		    (errval = reiserfs_xattr_init(s, s->s_flags))) {
 			dput(s->s_root);
 			s->s_root = NULL;
 			goto error;