diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 660aefca1fd2..d50a5cd860ce 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -1066,6 +1066,8 @@ static void handle_attrs( struct super_block *s )
 				reiserfs_warning(s, "reiserfs: cannot support attributes until flag is set in super-block" );
 				REISERFS_SB(s) -> s_mount_opt &= ~ ( 1 << REISERFS_ATTRS );
 		}
+	} else if (le32_to_cpu( rs -> s_flags ) & reiserfs_attrs_cleared) {
+		REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt |= REISERFS_ATTRS;
 	}
 }