diff --git a/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c b/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
index 30387733765d..8d0a6d2c2da4 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
@@ -352,12 +352,10 @@ struct ceph_mdsmap *ceph_mdsmap_decode(void **p, void *end, bool msgr2)
 		__decode_and_drop_type(p, end, u8, bad_ext);
 	}
 	if (mdsmap_ev >= 8) {
-		u32 name_len;
 		/* enabled */
 		ceph_decode_8_safe(p, end, m->m_enabled, bad_ext);
-		ceph_decode_32_safe(p, end, name_len, bad_ext);
-		ceph_decode_need(p, end, name_len, bad_ext);
-		*p += name_len;
+		/* fs_name */
+		ceph_decode_skip_string(p, end, bad_ext);
 	}
 	/* damaged */
 	if (mdsmap_ev >= 9) {
@@ -370,6 +368,22 @@ struct ceph_mdsmap *ceph_mdsmap_decode(void **p, void *end, bool msgr2)
 	} else {
 		m->m_damaged = false;
 	}
+	if (mdsmap_ev >= 17) {
+		/* balancer */
+		ceph_decode_skip_string(p, end, bad_ext);
+		/* standby_count_wanted */
+		ceph_decode_skip_32(p, end, bad_ext);
+		/* old_max_mds */
+		ceph_decode_skip_32(p, end, bad_ext);
+		/* min_compat_client */
+		ceph_decode_skip_8(p, end, bad_ext);
+		/* required_client_features */
+		ceph_decode_skip_set(p, end, 64, bad_ext);
+		ceph_decode_64_safe(p, end, m->m_max_xattr_size, bad_ext);
+	} else {
+		/* This forces the usage of the (sync) SETXATTR Op */
+		m->m_max_xattr_size = 0;
+	}
 bad_ext:
 	dout("mdsmap_decode m_enabled: %d, m_damaged: %d, m_num_laggy: %d\n",
 	     !!m->m_enabled, !!m->m_damaged, m->m_num_laggy);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index f141f5246163..f31350cda960 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ static int ceph_sync_setxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 			flags |= CEPH_XATTR_REMOVE;
 	}
 
-	dout("setxattr value=%.*s\n", (int)size, value);
+	dout("setxattr value size: %zu\n", size);
 
 	/* do request */
 	req = ceph_mdsc_create_request(mdsc, op, USE_AUTH_MDS);
@@ -1184,8 +1184,14 @@ int __ceph_setxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 	spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 retry:
 	issued = __ceph_caps_issued(ci, NULL);
-	if (ci->i_xattrs.version == 0 || !(issued & CEPH_CAP_XATTR_EXCL))
+	required_blob_size = __get_required_blob_size(ci, name_len, val_len);
+	if ((ci->i_xattrs.version == 0) || !(issued & CEPH_CAP_XATTR_EXCL) ||
+	    (required_blob_size > mdsc->mdsmap->m_max_xattr_size)) {
+		dout("%s do sync setxattr: version: %llu size: %d max: %llu\n",
+		     __func__, ci->i_xattrs.version, required_blob_size,
+		     mdsc->mdsmap->m_max_xattr_size);
 		goto do_sync;
+	}
 
 	if (!lock_snap_rwsem && !ci->i_head_snapc) {
 		lock_snap_rwsem = true;
@@ -1201,8 +1207,6 @@ retry:
 	     ceph_cap_string(issued));
 	__build_xattrs(inode);
 
-	required_blob_size = __get_required_blob_size(ci, name_len, val_len);
-
 	if (!ci->i_xattrs.prealloc_blob ||
 	    required_blob_size > ci->i_xattrs.prealloc_blob->alloc_len) {
 		struct ceph_buffer *blob;
diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/mdsmap.h b/include/linux/ceph/mdsmap.h
index 523fd0452856..4c3e0648dc27 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/mdsmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/mdsmap.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ struct ceph_mdsmap {
 	u32 m_session_timeout;          /* seconds */
 	u32 m_session_autoclose;        /* seconds */
 	u64 m_max_file_size;
+	u64 m_max_xattr_size;		/* maximum size for xattrs blob */
 	u32 m_max_mds;			/* expected up:active mds number */
 	u32 m_num_active_mds;		/* actual up:active mds number */
 	u32 possible_max_rank;		/* possible max rank index */