diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 321cb6014e04..5e8d3d53777e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -995,11 +995,13 @@ do {									       \
  *			  where the second inode has larger inode number
  *			  than the first
  *  I_DATA_SEM_QUOTA  - Used for quota inodes only
+ *  I_DATA_SEM_EA     - Used for ea_inodes only
  */
 enum {
 	I_DATA_SEM_NORMAL = 0,
 	I_DATA_SEM_OTHER,
 	I_DATA_SEM_QUOTA,
+	I_DATA_SEM_EA
 };
 
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 9f040437ac18..55d6eb9319f5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@ ext4_expand_inode_array(struct ext4_xattr_inode_array **ea_inode_array,
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
 void ext4_xattr_inode_set_class(struct inode *ea_inode)
 {
+	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(ea_inode);
+
 	lockdep_set_subclass(&ea_inode->i_rwsem, 1);
+	(void) ei;	/* shut up clang warning if !CONFIG_LOCKDEP */
+	lockdep_set_subclass(&ei->i_data_sem, I_DATA_SEM_EA);
 }
 #endif