diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index 5646727..88e2bc4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -363,13 +363,10 @@
 			__u32 filter, struct file *file, int multishot,
 			const struct nls_table *nls_codepage);
 extern ssize_t CIFSSMBQAllEAs(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
-			const unsigned char *searchName, char *EAData,
+			const unsigned char *searchName,
+			const unsigned char *ea_name, char *EAData,
 			size_t bufsize, const struct nls_table *nls_codepage,
 			int remap_special_chars);
-extern ssize_t CIFSSMBQueryEA(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
-		const unsigned char *searchName, const unsigned char *ea_name,
-		unsigned char *ea_value, size_t buf_size,
-		const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap_special_chars);
 extern int CIFSSMBSetEA(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
 		const char *fileName, const char *ea_name,
 		const void *ea_value, const __u16 ea_value_len,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index e197e16..d6d40b8 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -5269,12 +5269,22 @@
 	cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
 	return rc;
 }
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_XATTR
+/*
+ * Do a path-based QUERY_ALL_EAS call and parse the result. This is a common
+ * function used by listxattr and getxattr type calls. When ea_name is set,
+ * it looks for that attribute name and stuffs that value into the EAData
+ * buffer. When ea_name is NULL, it stuffs a list of attribute names into the
+ * buffer. In both cases, the return value is either the length of the
+ * resulting data or a negative error code. If EAData is a NULL pointer then
+ * the data isn't copied to it, but the length is returned.
+ */
 ssize_t
 CIFSSMBQAllEAs(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
-		 const unsigned char *searchName,
-		 char *EAData, size_t buf_size,
-		 const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap)
+		const unsigned char *searchName, const unsigned char *ea_name,
+		char *EAData, size_t buf_size,
+		const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap)
 {
 		/* BB assumes one setup word */
 	TRANSACTION2_QPI_REQ *pSMB = NULL;
@@ -5403,27 +5413,46 @@
 			goto QAllEAsOut;
 		}
 
-		/* account for prefix user. and trailing null */
-		rc += (5 + 1 + name_len);
-		if (rc < (int) buf_size) {
-			memcpy(EAData, "user.", 5);
-			EAData += 5;
-			memcpy(EAData, temp_ptr, name_len);
-			EAData += name_len;
-			/* null terminate name */
-			*EAData = 0;
-			++EAData;
-		} else if (buf_size == 0) {
-			/* skip copy - calc size only */
+		if (ea_name) {
+			if (strncmp(ea_name, temp_ptr, name_len) == 0) {
+				temp_ptr += name_len + 1;
+				rc = value_len;
+				if (buf_size == 0)
+					goto QAllEAsOut;
+				if ((size_t)value_len > buf_size) {
+					rc = -ERANGE;
+					goto QAllEAsOut;
+				}
+				memcpy(EAData, temp_ptr, value_len);
+				goto QAllEAsOut;
+			}
 		} else {
-			/* stop before overrun buffer */
-			rc = -ERANGE;
-			break;
+			/* account for prefix user. and trailing null */
+			rc += (5 + 1 + name_len);
+			if (rc < (int) buf_size) {
+				memcpy(EAData, "user.", 5);
+				EAData += 5;
+				memcpy(EAData, temp_ptr, name_len);
+				EAData += name_len;
+				/* null terminate name */
+				*EAData = 0;
+				++EAData;
+			} else if (buf_size == 0) {
+				/* skip copy - calc size only */
+			} else {
+				/* stop before overrun buffer */
+				rc = -ERANGE;
+				break;
+			}
 		}
 		temp_ptr += name_len + 1 + value_len;
 		temp_fea = (struct fea *)temp_ptr;
 	}
 
+	/* didn't find the named attribute */
+	if (ea_name)
+		rc = -ENODATA;
+
 QAllEAsOut:
 	cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
 	if (rc == -EAGAIN)
@@ -5432,155 +5461,6 @@
 	return (ssize_t)rc;
 }
 
-ssize_t CIFSSMBQueryEA(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
-		const unsigned char *searchName, const unsigned char *ea_name,
-		unsigned char *ea_value, size_t buf_size,
-		const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap)
-{
-	TRANSACTION2_QPI_REQ *pSMB = NULL;
-	TRANSACTION2_QPI_RSP *pSMBr = NULL;
-	int rc = 0;
-	int bytes_returned;
-	int name_len;
-	struct fea *temp_fea;
-	char *temp_ptr;
-	__u16 params, byte_count;
-
-	cFYI(1, ("In Query EA path %s", searchName));
-QEARetry:
-	rc = smb_init(SMB_COM_TRANSACTION2, 15, tcon, (void **) &pSMB,
-		      (void **) &pSMBr);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
-
-	if (pSMB->hdr.Flags2 & SMBFLG2_UNICODE) {
-		name_len =
-		    cifsConvertToUCS((__le16 *) pSMB->FileName, searchName,
-				     PATH_MAX, nls_codepage, remap);
-		name_len++;	/* trailing null */
-		name_len *= 2;
-	} else {	/* BB improve the check for buffer overruns BB */
-		name_len = strnlen(searchName, PATH_MAX);
-		name_len++;	/* trailing null */
-		strncpy(pSMB->FileName, searchName, name_len);
-	}
-
-	params = 2 /* level */ + 4 /* reserved */ + name_len /* includes NUL */;
-	pSMB->TotalDataCount = 0;
-	pSMB->MaxParameterCount = cpu_to_le16(2);
-	/* BB find exact max SMB PDU from sess structure BB */
-	pSMB->MaxDataCount = cpu_to_le16(4000);
-	pSMB->MaxSetupCount = 0;
-	pSMB->Reserved = 0;
-	pSMB->Flags = 0;
-	pSMB->Timeout = 0;
-	pSMB->Reserved2 = 0;
-	pSMB->ParameterOffset = cpu_to_le16(offsetof(
-		struct smb_com_transaction2_qpi_req, InformationLevel) - 4);
-	pSMB->DataCount = 0;
-	pSMB->DataOffset = 0;
-	pSMB->SetupCount = 1;
-	pSMB->Reserved3 = 0;
-	pSMB->SubCommand = cpu_to_le16(TRANS2_QUERY_PATH_INFORMATION);
-	byte_count = params + 1 /* pad */ ;
-	pSMB->TotalParameterCount = cpu_to_le16(params);
-	pSMB->ParameterCount = pSMB->TotalParameterCount;
-	pSMB->InformationLevel = cpu_to_le16(SMB_INFO_QUERY_ALL_EAS);
-	pSMB->Reserved4 = 0;
-	pSMB->hdr.smb_buf_length += byte_count;
-	pSMB->ByteCount = cpu_to_le16(byte_count);
-
-	rc = SendReceive(xid, tcon->ses, (struct smb_hdr *) pSMB,
-			 (struct smb_hdr *) pSMBr, &bytes_returned, 0);
-	if (rc) {
-		cFYI(1, ("Send error in Query EA = %d", rc));
-	} else {		/* decode response */
-		rc = validate_t2((struct smb_t2_rsp *)pSMBr);
-
-		/* BB also check enough total bytes returned */
-		/* BB we need to improve the validity checking
-		of these trans2 responses */
-		if (rc || (pSMBr->ByteCount < 4))
-			rc = -EIO;	/* bad smb */
-	   /* else if (pFindData){
-			memcpy((char *) pFindData,
-			       (char *) &pSMBr->hdr.Protocol +
-			       data_offset, kl);
-		}*/ else {
-			/* check that length of list is not more than bcc */
-			/* check that each entry does not go beyond length
-			   of list */
-			/* check that each element of each entry does not
-			   go beyond end of list */
-			__u16 data_offset = le16_to_cpu(pSMBr->t2.DataOffset);
-			struct fealist *ea_response_data;
-			rc = -ENODATA;
-			/* validate_trans2_offsets() */
-			/* BB check if start of smb + data_offset > &bcc+ bcc*/
-			ea_response_data = (struct fealist *)
-				(((char *) &pSMBr->hdr.Protocol) +
-				data_offset);
-			name_len = le32_to_cpu(ea_response_data->list_len);
-			cFYI(1, ("ea length %d", name_len));
-			if (name_len <= 8) {
-			/* returned EA size zeroed at top of function */
-				cFYI(1, ("empty EA list returned from server"));
-			} else {
-				/* account for ea list len */
-				name_len -= 4;
-				temp_fea = ea_response_data->list;
-				temp_ptr = (char *)temp_fea;
-				/* loop through checking if we have a matching
-				name and then return the associated value */
-				while (name_len > 0) {
-					__u16 value_len;
-					name_len -= 4;
-					temp_ptr += 4;
-					value_len =
-					      le16_to_cpu(temp_fea->value_len);
-				/* BB validate that value_len falls within SMB,
-				even though maximum for name_len is 255 */
-					if (memcmp(temp_fea->name, ea_name,
-						  temp_fea->name_len) == 0) {
-						/* found a match */
-						rc = value_len;
-				/* account for prefix user. and trailing null */
-						if (rc <= (int)buf_size) {
-							memcpy(ea_value,
-								temp_fea->name+temp_fea->name_len+1,
-								rc);
-							/* ea values, unlike ea
-							   names, are not null
-							   terminated */
-						} else if (buf_size == 0) {
-						/* skip copy - calc size only */
-						} else {
-						/* stop before overrun buffer */
-							rc = -ERANGE;
-						}
-						break;
-					}
-					name_len -= temp_fea->name_len;
-					temp_ptr += temp_fea->name_len;
-					/* account for trailing null */
-					name_len--;
-					temp_ptr++;
-					name_len -= value_len;
-					temp_ptr += value_len;
-					/* No trailing null to account for in
-					   value_len.  Go on to next EA */
-					temp_fea = (struct fea *)temp_ptr;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	cifs_buf_release(pSMB);
-	if (rc == -EAGAIN)
-		goto QEARetry;
-
-	return (ssize_t)rc;
-}
-
 int
 CIFSSMBSetEA(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon, const char *fileName,
 	     const char *ea_name, const void *ea_value,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index e3fda97..5e9cc9c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
 	char ea_value[4];
 	__u32 mode;
 
-	rc = CIFSSMBQueryEA(xid, cifs_sb->tcon, path, "SETFILEBITS",
+	rc = CIFSSMBQAllEAs(xid, cifs_sb->tcon, path, "SETFILEBITS",
 			    ea_value, 4 /* size of buf */, cifs_sb->local_nls,
 			    cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
 				CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/xattr.c b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
index a75afa3..3e2ef0d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
 			/* revalidate/getattr then populate from inode */
 		} /* BB add else when above is implemented */
 		ea_name += 5; /* skip past user. prefix */
-		rc = CIFSSMBQueryEA(xid, pTcon, full_path, ea_name, ea_value,
+		rc = CIFSSMBQAllEAs(xid, pTcon, full_path, ea_name, ea_value,
 			buf_size, cifs_sb->local_nls,
 			cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 	} else if (strncmp(ea_name, CIFS_XATTR_OS2_PREFIX, 4) == 0) {
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
 			goto get_ea_exit;
 
 		ea_name += 4; /* skip past os2. prefix */
-		rc = CIFSSMBQueryEA(xid, pTcon, full_path, ea_name, ea_value,
+		rc = CIFSSMBQAllEAs(xid, pTcon, full_path, ea_name, ea_value,
 			buf_size, cifs_sb->local_nls,
 			cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);
 	} else if (strncmp(ea_name, POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS,
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@
 	/* if proc/fs/cifs/streamstoxattr is set then
 		search server for EAs or streams to
 		returns as xattrs */
-	rc = CIFSSMBQAllEAs(xid, pTcon, full_path, data, buf_size,
-				cifs_sb->local_nls,
+	rc = CIFSSMBQAllEAs(xid, pTcon, full_path, NULL, data,
+				buf_size, cifs_sb->local_nls,
 				cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags &
 					CIFS_MOUNT_MAP_SPECIAL_CHR);