diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
index 3a28742..1e5488e 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -401,9 +401,10 @@
 	int reserved_blocks;	/* amount of blocks reserved for further allocations */
 	spinlock_t bitmap_lock;	/* this lock on now only used to protect reserved_blocks variable */
 	struct dentry *priv_root;	/* root of /.reiserfs_priv */
+#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 	struct dentry *xattr_root;	/* root of /.reiserfs_priv/.xa */
 	struct rw_semaphore xattr_dir_sem;
-
+#endif
 	int j_errno;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	char *s_qf_names[MAXQUOTAS];