diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index 8294f461ecd1..35b86331d8a5 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static size_t ceph_vxattrcb_dir_rbytes(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, char *val,
 static size_t ceph_vxattrcb_dir_rctime(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, char *val,
 				       size_t size)
 {
-	return snprintf(val, size, "%ld.%ld", (long)ci->i_rctime.tv_sec,
+	return snprintf(val, size, "%ld.09%ld", (long)ci->i_rctime.tv_sec,
 			(long)ci->i_rctime.tv_nsec);
 }
 
@@ -118,10 +118,15 @@ static size_t ceph_vxattrcb_file_layout(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, char *val,
 		(unsigned long long)ceph_file_layout_su(ci->i_layout),
 		(unsigned long long)ceph_file_layout_stripe_count(ci->i_layout),
 		(unsigned long long)ceph_file_layout_object_size(ci->i_layout));
-	if (ceph_file_layout_pg_preferred(ci->i_layout))
-		ret += snprintf(val + ret, size, "preferred_osd=%lld\n",
+
+	if (ceph_file_layout_pg_preferred(ci->i_layout) >= 0) {
+		val += ret;
+		size -= ret;
+		ret += snprintf(val, size, "preferred_osd=%lld\n",
 			    (unsigned long long)ceph_file_layout_pg_preferred(
 				    ci->i_layout));
+	}
+
 	return ret;
 }