diff --git a/smb2pdu.c b/smb2pdu.c
index c41228f5..0a524008 100644
--- a/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/smb2pdu.c
@@ -2397,7 +2397,8 @@ static int smb2_set_ea(struct smb2_ea_info *eabuf, unsigned int buf_len,
 				rc = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(user_ns,
 #endif
 							    path,
-							    attr_name);
+							    attr_name,
+							    get_write);
 
 				if (rc < 0) {
 					ksmbd_debug(SMB,
@@ -2417,7 +2418,7 @@ static int smb2_set_ea(struct smb2_ea_info *eabuf, unsigned int buf_len,
 #endif
 						path, attr_name, value,
 						le16_to_cpu(eabuf->EaValueLength),
-						0, true);
+						0, get_write);
 			if (rc < 0) {
 				ksmbd_debug(SMB,
 					    "ksmbd_vfs_setxattr is failed(%d)\n",
@@ -2526,9 +2527,9 @@ static int smb2_remove_smb_xattrs(const struct path *path)
 		    !strncmp(&name[XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN], STREAM_PREFIX,
 			     STREAM_PREFIX_LEN)) {
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 3, 0)
-			err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(idmap, path, name);
+			err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(idmap, path, name, true);
 #else
-			err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(user_ns, path, name);
+			err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(user_ns, path, name, true);
 #endif
 			if (err)
 				ksmbd_debug(SMB, "remove xattr failed : %s\n",
diff --git a/vfs.c b/vfs.c
index d0867c32..e415211d 100644
--- a/vfs.c
+++ b/vfs.c
@@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ int ksmbd_vfs_remove_acl_xattrs(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
 			err = vfs_remove_acl(user_ns, path->dentry, name);
 #endif
 #else
-			err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(user_ns, path, name);
+			err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(user_ns, path, name, false);
 #endif
 			if (err)
 				ksmbd_debug(SMB,
@@ -2055,9 +2055,9 @@ int ksmbd_vfs_remove_sd_xattrs(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
 
 		if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_NAME_SD, XATTR_NAME_SD_LEN)) {
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 3, 0)
-			err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(idmap, path, name);
+			err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(idmap, path, name, true);
 #else
-			err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(user_ns, path, name);
+			err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(user_ns, path, name, true);
 #endif
 			if (err)
 				ksmbd_debug(SMB, "remove xattr failed : %s\n", name);
@@ -2502,13 +2502,16 @@ int ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 #else
 int ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
 #endif
-			   const struct path *path, char *attr_name)
+			   const struct path *path, char *attr_name,
+			   bool get_write)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	err = mnt_want_write(path->mnt);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	if (get_write == true) {
+		err = mnt_want_write(path->mnt);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(5, 12, 0)
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 3, 0)
@@ -2519,7 +2522,8 @@ int ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
 #else
 	err = vfs_removexattr(path->dentry, attr_name);
 #endif
-	mnt_drop_write(path->mnt);
+	if (get_write == true)
+		mnt_drop_write(path->mnt);
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/vfs.h b/vfs.h
index eb5b291a..728016cb 100644
--- a/vfs.h
+++ b/vfs.h
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ int ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 #else
 int ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
 #endif
-			   const struct path *path, char *attr_name);
+			   const struct path *path, char *attr_name,
+			   bool get_write);
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 4, 0)
 int ksmbd_vfs_kern_path_locked(struct ksmbd_work *work, char *name,
 			       unsigned int flags, struct path *parent_path,
diff --git a/vfs_cache.c b/vfs_cache.c
index db87911d..250a3153 100644
--- a/vfs_cache.c
+++ b/vfs_cache.c
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ static void __ksmbd_inode_close(struct ksmbd_file *fp)
 		err = ksmbd_vfs_remove_xattr(file_mnt_user_ns(filp),
 #endif
 					     &filp->f_path,
-					     fp->stream.name);
+					     fp->stream.name,
+					     true);
 		if (err)
 			pr_err("remove xattr failed : %s\n",
 			       fp->stream.name);