diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 782c3966822f..51c67418ed02 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4909,6 +4909,9 @@ static const char *check_igot_inode(struct inode *inode, ext4_iget_flags flags)
 	if (flags & EXT4_IGET_EA_INODE) {
 		if (!(EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL))
 			return "missing EA_INODE flag";
+		if (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_XATTR) ||
+		    EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl)
+			return "ea_inode with extended attributes";
 	} else {
 		if ((EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL))
 			return "unexpected EA_INODE flag";