diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
index e72dde125c4033be7153bc5aaeaf83a028b805fa..ead53c933de6c8bb71c29128ab4f62ce71ac66ac 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ xfs_xattr_put_listent(
 	arraytop = context->count + prefix_len + namelen + 1;
 	if (arraytop > context->firstu) {
 		context->count = -1;	/* insufficient space */
+		context->seen_enough = 1;
 		return 0;
 	}
 	offset = (char *)context->alist + context->count;