diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index efe2ed3..e5ddb4e 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -840,19 +840,16 @@
 
 		handler = find_xattr_handler_prefix(b->dentry->d_sb->s_xattr,
 						    name);
-		if (!handler)	/* Unsupported xattr name */
+		if (!handler /* Unsupported xattr name */ ||
+		    (handler->list && !handler->list(b->dentry)))
 			return 0;
+		size = namelen + 1;
 		if (b->buf) {
-			size = handler->list(handler, b->dentry,
-					     b->buf + b->pos, b->size, name,
-					     namelen);
 			if (size > b->size)
 				return -ERANGE;
-		} else {
-			size = handler->list(handler, b->dentry,
-					     NULL, 0, name, namelen);
+			memcpy(b->buf + b->pos, name, namelen);
+			b->buf[b->pos + namelen] = 0;
 		}
-
 		b->pos += size;
 	}
 	return 0;