diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 52f3ef18f4cf..f5dd5e5b3014 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ retry:
 	end = (void *)raw_inode + EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size;
 	min_offs = end - base;
 	last = entry;
-	total_ino = sizeof(struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header);
+	total_ino = sizeof(struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header) + sizeof(u32);
 
 	free = ext4_xattr_free_space(last, &min_offs, base, &total_ino);
 	if (free >= new_extra_isize) {