diff --git a/fs/ubifs/Kconfig b/fs/ubifs/Kconfig
index 83a961bf7280..bbc78549be4c 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/ubifs/Kconfig
@@ -51,9 +51,20 @@ config UBIFS_ATIME_SUPPORT
 
 	  If unsure, say 'N'
 
+config UBIFS_FS_XATTR
+	bool "UBIFS XATTR support"
+	depends on UBIFS_FS
+	default y
+	help
+	  Saying Y here includes support for extended attributes (xattrs).
+	  Xattrs are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
+	  the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page).
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 config UBIFS_FS_ENCRYPTION
 	bool "UBIFS Encryption"
-	depends on UBIFS_FS && BLOCK
+	depends on UBIFS_FS && UBIFS_FS_XATTR && BLOCK
 	select FS_ENCRYPTION
 	default n
 	help
@@ -64,7 +75,7 @@ config UBIFS_FS_ENCRYPTION
 
 config UBIFS_FS_SECURITY
 	bool "UBIFS Security Labels"
-	depends on UBIFS_FS
+	depends on UBIFS_FS && UBIFS_FS_XATTR
 	default y
 	help
 	  Security labels provide an access control facility to support Linux
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/Makefile b/fs/ubifs/Makefile
index 9758f709c736..6197d7e539e4 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/ubifs/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_UBIFS_FS) += ubifs.o
 ubifs-y += shrinker.o journal.o file.o dir.o super.o sb.o io.o
 ubifs-y += tnc.o master.o scan.o replay.o log.o commit.o gc.o orphan.o
 ubifs-y += budget.o find.o tnc_commit.o compress.o lpt.o lprops.o
-ubifs-y += recovery.o ioctl.o lpt_commit.o tnc_misc.o xattr.o debug.o
+ubifs-y += recovery.o ioctl.o lpt_commit.o tnc_misc.o debug.o
 ubifs-y += misc.o
 ubifs-$(CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_ENCRYPTION) += crypto.o
+ubifs-$(CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_XATTR) += xattr.o
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index e8616040bffc..85aea556b709 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -1648,7 +1648,9 @@ const struct inode_operations ubifs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.rename      = ubifs_rename,
 	.setattr     = ubifs_setattr,
 	.getattr     = ubifs_getattr,
+#ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_XATTR
 	.listxattr   = ubifs_listxattr,
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_ATIME_SUPPORT
 	.update_time = ubifs_update_time,
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index 02fab5c322c7..745b3f810fb9 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -1653,7 +1653,9 @@ const struct address_space_operations ubifs_file_address_operations = {
 const struct inode_operations ubifs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.setattr     = ubifs_setattr,
 	.getattr     = ubifs_getattr,
+#ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_XATTR
 	.listxattr   = ubifs_listxattr,
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_ATIME_SUPPORT
 	.update_time = ubifs_update_time,
 #endif
@@ -1663,7 +1665,9 @@ const struct inode_operations ubifs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.get_link    = ubifs_get_link,
 	.setattr     = ubifs_setattr,
 	.getattr     = ubifs_getattr,
+#ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_XATTR
 	.listxattr   = ubifs_listxattr,
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_ATIME_SUPPORT
 	.update_time = ubifs_update_time,
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index c5466c70d620..564a131afc56 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -2053,7 +2053,9 @@ static int ubifs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	if (c->max_inode_sz > MAX_LFS_FILESIZE)
 		sb->s_maxbytes = c->max_inode_sz = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
 	sb->s_op = &ubifs_super_operations;
+#ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_XATTR
 	sb->s_xattr = ubifs_xattr_handlers;
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_ENCRYPTION
 	sb->s_cop = &ubifs_crypt_operations;
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index 54fb6b1cd042..829308651a5e 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -1755,7 +1755,13 @@ int ubifs_xattr_set(struct inode *host, const char *name, const void *value,
 		    size_t size, int flags, bool check_lock);
 ssize_t ubifs_xattr_get(struct inode *host, const char *name, void *buf,
 			size_t size);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_XATTR
 void ubifs_evict_xattr_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, ino_t xattr_inum);
+#else
+static inline void ubifs_evict_xattr_inode(struct ubifs_info *c,
+					   ino_t xattr_inum) { }
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_SECURITY
 extern int ubifs_init_security(struct inode *dentry, struct inode *inode,