diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 3fbc2c6..ff08633 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1009,6 +1009,11 @@
 			i.value = NULL;
 			error = ext4_xattr_block_set(handle, inode, &i, &bs);
 		} else if (error == -ENOSPC) {
+			if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl && !bs.s.base) {
+				error = ext4_xattr_block_find(inode, &i, &bs);
+				if (error)
+					goto cleanup;
+			}
 			error = ext4_xattr_block_set(handle, inode, &i, &bs);
 			if (error)
 				goto cleanup;