diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index f86f248..99857a40 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -459,14 +459,11 @@
 	if (EXT3_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR))
 		return;
 
-	lock_super(sb);
 	if (ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh) == 0) {
-		EXT3_SB(sb)->s_es->s_feature_compat |=
-			cpu_to_le32(EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR);
+		EXT3_SET_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR);
 		sb->s_dirt = 1;
 		ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
 	}
-	unlock_super(sb);
 }
 
 /*