diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index bbe9c2badf5d..6073f9f88416 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -509,8 +509,16 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
 	here = __find_xattr(base_addr, index, len, name);
 
 	found = IS_XATTR_LAST_ENTRY(here) ? 0 : 1;
-	last = here;
 
+	if ((flags & XATTR_REPLACE) && !found) {
+		error = -ENODATA;
+		goto exit;
+	} else if ((flags & XATTR_CREATE) && found) {
+		error = -EEXIST;
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
+	last = here;
 	while (!IS_XATTR_LAST_ENTRY(last))
 		last = XATTR_NEXT_ENTRY(last);