diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 91608d9bfc6a..95f38f57347f 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -204,10 +204,22 @@ int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	return error;
 }
 
-
+/**
+ * __vfs_setxattr_locked: set an extended attribute while holding the inode
+ * lock
+ *
+ *  @dentry - object to perform setxattr on
+ *  @name - xattr name to set
+ *  @value - value to set @name to
+ *  @size - size of @value
+ *  @flags - flags to pass into filesystem operations
+ *  @delegated_inode - on return, will contain an inode pointer that
+ *  a delegation was broken on, NULL if none.
+ */
 int
-vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
-		size_t size, int flags)
+__vfs_setxattr_locked(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+		const void *value, size_t size, int flags,
+		struct inode **delegated_inode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int error;
@@ -216,15 +228,40 @@ vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	inode_lock(inode);
 	error = security_inode_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
+	error = try_break_deleg(inode, delegated_inode);
+	if (error)
+		goto out;
+
 	error = __vfs_setxattr_noperm(dentry, name, value, size, flags);
 
 out:
+	return error;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__vfs_setxattr_locked);
+
+int
+vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
+		size_t size, int flags)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *delegated_inode = NULL;
+	int error;
+
+retry_deleg:
+	inode_lock(inode);
+	error = __vfs_setxattr_locked(dentry, name, value, size, flags,
+	    &delegated_inode);
 	inode_unlock(inode);
+
+	if (delegated_inode) {
+		error = break_deleg_wait(&delegated_inode);
+		if (!error)
+			goto retry_deleg;
+	}
 	return error;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_setxattr);
@@ -378,8 +415,18 @@ __vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vfs_removexattr);
 
+/**
+ * __vfs_removexattr_locked: set an extended attribute while holding the inode
+ * lock
+ *
+ *  @dentry - object to perform setxattr on
+ *  @name - name of xattr to remove
+ *  @delegated_inode - on return, will contain an inode pointer that
+ *  a delegation was broken on, NULL if none.
+ */
 int
-vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
+__vfs_removexattr_locked(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
+		struct inode **delegated_inode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int error;
@@ -388,11 +435,14 @@ vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	inode_lock(inode);
 	error = security_inode_removexattr(dentry, name);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
+	error = try_break_deleg(inode, delegated_inode);
+	if (error)
+		goto out;
+
 	error = __vfs_removexattr(dentry, name);
 
 	if (!error) {
@@ -401,12 +451,32 @@ vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 	}
 
 out:
+	return error;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__vfs_removexattr_locked);
+
+int
+vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *delegated_inode = NULL;
+	int error;
+
+retry_deleg:
+	inode_lock(inode);
+	error = __vfs_removexattr_locked(dentry, name, &delegated_inode);
 	inode_unlock(inode);
+
+	if (delegated_inode) {
+		error = break_deleg_wait(&delegated_inode);
+		if (!error)
+			goto retry_deleg;
+	}
+
 	return error;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_removexattr);
 
-
 /*
  * Extended attribute SET operations
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/xattr.h b/include/linux/xattr.h
index 47eaa34f8761..a2f3cd02653c 100644
--- a/include/linux/xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/xattr.h
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ ssize_t vfs_getxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t);
 ssize_t vfs_listxattr(struct dentry *d, char *list, size_t size);
 int __vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *, struct inode *, const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
 int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
+int __vfs_setxattr_locked(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *, size_t, int, struct inode **);
 int vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
 int __vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *, const char *);
+int __vfs_removexattr_locked(struct dentry *, const char *, struct inode **);
 int vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *, const char *);
 
 ssize_t generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size);