diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index 114dcbf8d4f4..33ff9ec4a523 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -1954,7 +1954,8 @@ int cgroup_setup_root(struct cgroup_root *root, u16 ss_mask)
 
 	root->kf_root = kernfs_create_root(kf_sops,
 					   KERNFS_ROOT_CREATE_DEACTIVATED |
-					   KERNFS_ROOT_SUPPORT_EXPORTOP,
+					   KERNFS_ROOT_SUPPORT_EXPORTOP |
+					   KERNFS_ROOT_SUPPORT_USER_XATTR,
 					   root_cgrp);
 	if (IS_ERR(root->kf_root)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(root->kf_root);