diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
index 883b936..45ea704 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
@@ -364,22 +364,42 @@
 /*
  * Check if the attribute is in a supported namespace.
  *
- * This applied after the check for the synthetic attributes in the system
+ * This is applied after the check for the synthetic attributes in the system
  * namespace.
  */
-static bool btrfs_is_valid_xattr(const char *name)
+static int btrfs_is_valid_xattr(const char *name)
 {
-	return !strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
-			XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN) ||
-	       !strncmp(name, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN) ||
-	       !strncmp(name, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN) ||
-	       !strncmp(name, XATTR_USER_PREFIX, XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN) ||
-		!strncmp(name, XATTR_BTRFS_PREFIX, XATTR_BTRFS_PREFIX_LEN);
+	int len = strlen(name);
+	int prefixlen = 0;
+
+	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
+			XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN))
+		prefixlen = XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN;
+	else if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN))
+		prefixlen = XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN;
+	else if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN))
+		prefixlen = XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN;
+	else if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_USER_PREFIX, XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN))
+		prefixlen = XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN;
+	else if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_BTRFS_PREFIX, XATTR_BTRFS_PREFIX_LEN))
+		prefixlen = XATTR_BTRFS_PREFIX_LEN;
+	else
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	/*
+	 * The name cannot consist of just prefix
+	 */
+	if (len <= prefixlen)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 ssize_t btrfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		       void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	/*
 	 * If this is a request for a synthetic attribute in the system.*
 	 * namespace use the generic infrastructure to resolve a handler
@@ -388,8 +408,9 @@
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN))
 		return generic_getxattr(dentry, name, buffer, size);
 
-	if (!btrfs_is_valid_xattr(name))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	ret = btrfs_is_valid_xattr(name);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	return __btrfs_getxattr(dentry->d_inode, name, buffer, size);
 }
 
@@ -397,6 +418,7 @@
 		   size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(dentry->d_inode)->root;
+	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * The permission on security.* and system.* is not checked
@@ -413,8 +435,9 @@
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN))
 		return generic_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags);
 
-	if (!btrfs_is_valid_xattr(name))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	ret = btrfs_is_valid_xattr(name);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_BTRFS_PREFIX, XATTR_BTRFS_PREFIX_LEN))
 		return btrfs_set_prop(dentry->d_inode, name,
@@ -430,6 +453,7 @@
 int btrfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(dentry->d_inode)->root;
+	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * The permission on security.* and system.* is not checked
@@ -446,8 +470,9 @@
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN))
 		return generic_removexattr(dentry, name);
 
-	if (!btrfs_is_valid_xattr(name))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	ret = btrfs_is_valid_xattr(name);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_BTRFS_PREFIX, XATTR_BTRFS_PREFIX_LEN))
 		return btrfs_set_prop(dentry->d_inode, name,