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diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
index 426aa464f1af..3848b04e310e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
@@ -127,6 +127,17 @@ static int do_setxattr(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
again:
ret = btrfs_insert_xattr_item(trans, root, path, btrfs_ino(inode),
name, name_len, value, size);
+ /*
+ * If we're setting an xattr to a new value but the new value is say
+ * exactly BTRFS_MAX_XATTR_SIZE, we could end up with EOVERFLOW getting
+ * back from split_leaf. This is because it thinks we'll be extending
+ * the existing item size, but we're asking for enough space to add the
+ * item itself. So if we get EOVERFLOW just set ret to EEXIST and let
+ * the rest of the function figure it out.
+ */
+ if (ret == -EOVERFLOW)
+ ret = -EEXIST;
+
if (ret == -EEXIST) {
if (flags & XATTR_CREATE)
goto out;