diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 7054aaef0493..5c58b419f4ee 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -433,12 +433,13 @@ int remove_save_link(struct inode *inode, int truncate)
 static void reiserfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *s)
 {
 	if (REISERFS_SB(s)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 		if (REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root) {
 			d_invalidate(REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root);
 			dput(REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root);
 			REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root = NULL;
 		}
-
+#endif
 		if (REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root) {
 			d_invalidate(REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root);
 			dput(REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root);
@@ -1562,9 +1563,10 @@ static int reiserfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	REISERFS_SB(s)->s_alloc_options.preallocmin = 0;
 	/* Preallocate by 16 blocks (17-1) at once */
 	REISERFS_SB(s)->s_alloc_options.preallocsize = 17;
+#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 	/* Initialize the rwsem for xattr dir */
 	init_rwsem(&REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_dir_sem);
-
+#endif
 	/* setup default block allocator options */
 	reiserfs_init_alloc_options(s);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
index 3a28742d86f9..1e5488ede037 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -401,9 +401,10 @@ struct reiserfs_sb_info {
 	int reserved_blocks;	/* amount of blocks reserved for further allocations */
 	spinlock_t bitmap_lock;	/* this lock on now only used to protect reserved_blocks variable */
 	struct dentry *priv_root;	/* root of /.reiserfs_priv */
+#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 	struct dentry *xattr_root;	/* root of /.reiserfs_priv/.xa */
 	struct rw_semaphore xattr_dir_sem;
-
+#endif
 	int j_errno;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	char *s_qf_names[MAXQUOTAS];