diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 22f765069655..ec9beaa69abb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ int ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea(struct inode *inode, int new_extra_isize,
 	base = IFIRST(header);
 	end = (void *)raw_inode + EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size;
 	min_offs = end - base;
-	total_ino = sizeof(struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header);
+	total_ino = sizeof(struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header) + sizeof(u32);
 
 	error = xattr_check_inode(inode, header, end);
 	if (error)