diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index eee9304f50f9..9a4ae4210ba4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1483,6 +1483,7 @@ ext4_xattr_inode_cache_find(struct inode *inode, const void *value,
 				     EXT4_IGET_EA_INODE);
 		if (IS_ERR(ea_inode))
 			goto next_entry;
+		ext4_xattr_inode_set_class(ea_inode);
 		if (i_size_read(ea_inode) == value_len &&
 		    !ext4_xattr_inode_read(ea_inode, ea_data, value_len) &&
 		    !ext4_xattr_inode_verify_hashes(ea_inode, NULL, ea_data,