diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 564e28a1aa9428..c42b3e0d2d94b4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -2175,8 +2175,9 @@ int ext4_xattr_ibody_find(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_xattr_info *i,
 	struct ext4_inode *raw_inode;
 	int error;
 
-	if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize == 0)
+	if (!EXT4_INODE_HAS_XATTR_SPACE(inode))
 		return 0;
+
 	raw_inode = ext4_raw_inode(&is->iloc);
 	header = IHDR(inode, raw_inode);
 	is->s.base = is->s.first = IFIRST(header);
@@ -2204,8 +2205,9 @@ int ext4_xattr_ibody_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	struct ext4_xattr_search *s = &is->s;
 	int error;
 
-	if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize == 0)
+	if (!EXT4_INODE_HAS_XATTR_SPACE(inode))
 		return -ENOSPC;
+
 	error = ext4_xattr_set_entry(i, s, handle, inode, false /* is_block */);
 	if (error)
 		return error;