diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index 600162f4ddbf..ae2dfa709f5d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
 			goto exit;
 		}
 
-		if (f2fs_xattr_value_same(here, value, size))
+		if (value && f2fs_xattr_value_same(here, value, size))
 			goto exit;
 	} else if ((flags & XATTR_REPLACE)) {
 		error = -ENODATA;