diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index e2b961e20ec1..16694325a449 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5718,6 +5718,7 @@ static struct inode *new_simple_dir(struct super_block *s,
 
 	inode->i_ino = BTRFS_EMPTY_SUBVOL_DIR_OBJECTID;
 	inode->i_op = &btrfs_dir_ro_inode_operations;
+	inode->i_opflags &= ~IOP_XATTR;
 	inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR | S_IXUGO;
 	inode->i_mtime = current_time(inode);