diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 62b40df36c98..28b241cd6987 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -319,8 +319,12 @@ static int reiserfs_for_each_xattr(struct inode *inode,
 out_dir:
 	dput(dir);
 out:
-	/* -ENODATA isn't an error */
-	if (err == -ENODATA)
+	/*
+	 * -ENODATA: this object doesn't have any xattrs
+	 * -EOPNOTSUPP: this file system doesn't have xattrs enabled on disk.
+	 * Neither are errors
+	 */
+	if (err == -ENODATA || err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		err = 0;
 	return err;
 }