diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
index 00de2c9568cd..c3da3b32bdde 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
@@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ static int __init init_ceph(void)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
+	ceph_xattr_init();
 	ret = register_filesystem(&ceph_fs_type);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_icache;
@@ -936,6 +937,7 @@ static int __init init_ceph(void)
 	return 0;
 
 out_icache:
+	ceph_xattr_exit();
 	destroy_caches();
 out:
 	return ret;
@@ -945,6 +947,7 @@ static void __exit exit_ceph(void)
 {
 	dout("exit_ceph\n");
 	unregister_filesystem(&ceph_fs_type);
+	ceph_xattr_exit();
 	destroy_caches();
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 18d8a866a07b..fc35036d258d 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -733,6 +733,8 @@ extern ssize_t ceph_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 extern int ceph_removexattr(struct dentry *, const char *);
 extern void __ceph_build_xattrs_blob(struct ceph_inode_info *ci);
 extern void __ceph_destroy_xattrs(struct ceph_inode_info *ci);
+extern void __init ceph_xattr_init(void);
+extern void ceph_xattr_exit(void);
 
 /* caps.c */
 extern const char *ceph_cap_string(int c);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index 46be30d6d127..88eaedf78fa9 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ static bool ceph_is_valid_xattr(const char *name)
  */
 struct ceph_vxattr {
 	char *name;
+	size_t name_size;	/* strlen(name) + 1 (for '\0') */
 	size_t (*getxattr_cb)(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, char *val,
 			      size_t size);
 	bool readonly;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ static size_t ceph_vxattrcb_dir_rctime(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, char *val,
 #define XATTR_NAME_CEPH(_type, _name) \
 		{ \
 			.name = CEPH_XATTR_NAME(_type, _name), \
+			.name_size = sizeof (CEPH_XATTR_NAME(_type, _name)), \
 			.getxattr_cb = ceph_vxattrcb_ ## _type ## _ ## _name, \
 			.readonly = true, \
 		}
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ static struct ceph_vxattr ceph_dir_vxattrs[] = {
 	XATTR_NAME_CEPH(dir, rctime),
 	{ 0 }	/* Required table terminator */
 };
+static size_t ceph_dir_vxattrs_name_size;	/* total size of all names */
 
 /* files */
 
@@ -127,11 +130,13 @@ static struct ceph_vxattr ceph_file_vxattrs[] = {
 	/* The following extended attribute name is deprecated */
 	{
 		.name = XATTR_CEPH_PREFIX "layout",
+		.name_size = sizeof (XATTR_CEPH_PREFIX "layout"),
 		.getxattr_cb = ceph_vxattrcb_file_layout,
 		.readonly = true,
 	},
 	{ 0 }	/* Required table terminator */
 };
+static size_t ceph_file_vxattrs_name_size;	/* total size of all names */
 
 static struct ceph_vxattr *ceph_inode_vxattrs(struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -142,6 +147,46 @@ static struct ceph_vxattr *ceph_inode_vxattrs(struct inode *inode)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static size_t ceph_vxattrs_name_size(struct ceph_vxattr *vxattrs)
+{
+	if (vxattrs == ceph_dir_vxattrs)
+		return ceph_dir_vxattrs_name_size;
+	if (vxattrs == ceph_file_vxattrs)
+		return ceph_file_vxattrs_name_size;
+	BUG();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Compute the aggregate size (including terminating '\0') of all
+ * virtual extended attribute names in the given vxattr table.
+ */
+static size_t __init vxattrs_name_size(struct ceph_vxattr *vxattrs)
+{
+	struct ceph_vxattr *vxattr;
+	size_t size = 0;
+
+	for (vxattr = vxattrs; vxattr->name; vxattr++)
+		size += vxattr->name_size;
+
+	return size;
+}
+
+/* Routines called at initialization and exit time */
+
+void __init ceph_xattr_init(void)
+{
+	ceph_dir_vxattrs_name_size = vxattrs_name_size(ceph_dir_vxattrs);
+	ceph_file_vxattrs_name_size = vxattrs_name_size(ceph_file_vxattrs);
+}
+
+void ceph_xattr_exit(void)
+{
+	ceph_dir_vxattrs_name_size = 0;
+	ceph_file_vxattrs_name_size = 0;
+}
+
 static struct ceph_vxattr *ceph_match_vxattr(struct inode *inode,
 						const char *name)
 {
@@ -615,11 +660,12 @@ ssize_t ceph_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *names, size_t size)
 		goto out;
 
 list_xattr:
-	vir_namelen = 0;
-	/* include virtual dir xattrs */
-	if (vxattrs)
-		for (i = 0; vxattrs[i].name; i++)
-			vir_namelen += strlen(vxattrs[i].name) + 1;
+	/*
+	 * Start with virtual dir xattr names (if any) (including
+	 * terminating '\0' characters for each).
+	 */
+	vir_namelen = ceph_vxattrs_name_size(vxattrs);
+
 	/* adding 1 byte per each variable due to the null termination */
 	namelen = vir_namelen + ci->i_xattrs.names_size + ci->i_xattrs.count;
 	err = -ERANGE;