diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
index c8aee41..4686b90 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -451,7 +451,6 @@
 	REISERFS_NO_UNHASHED_RELOCATION,
 	REISERFS_HASHED_RELOCATION,
 	REISERFS_ATTRS,
-	REISERFS_XATTRS,
 	REISERFS_XATTRS_USER,
 	REISERFS_POSIXACL,
 	REISERFS_BARRIER_NONE,
@@ -489,7 +488,7 @@
 #define reiserfs_data_log(s) (REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt & (1 << REISERFS_DATA_LOG))
 #define reiserfs_data_ordered(s) (REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt & (1 << REISERFS_DATA_ORDERED))
 #define reiserfs_data_writeback(s) (REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt & (1 << REISERFS_DATA_WRITEBACK))
-#define reiserfs_xattrs(s) (REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt & (1 << REISERFS_XATTRS))
+#define reiserfs_xattrs(s) ((s)->s_xattr != NULL)
 #define reiserfs_xattrs_user(s) (REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt & (1 << REISERFS_XATTRS_USER))
 #define reiserfs_posixacl(s) (REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt & (1 << REISERFS_POSIXACL))
 #define reiserfs_xattrs_optional(s) (reiserfs_xattrs_user(s) || reiserfs_posixacl(s))