diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index c3311ea68fe5..d2f5a50f5d83 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -796,6 +796,10 @@ static int ubifs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	err = ubifs_purge_xattrs(inode);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	sz_change = CALC_DENT_SIZE(fname_len(&nm));
 
 	ubifs_assert(c, inode_is_locked(dir));
@@ -900,6 +904,10 @@ static int ubifs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	err = ubifs_purge_xattrs(inode);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	sz_change = CALC_DENT_SIZE(fname_len(&nm));
 
 	err = ubifs_budget_space(c, &req);
@@ -1282,9 +1290,14 @@ static int do_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		old_dentry, old_inode->i_ino, old_dir->i_ino,
 		new_dentry, new_dir->i_ino, flags);
 
-	if (unlink)
+	if (unlink) {
 		ubifs_assert(c, inode_is_locked(new_inode));
 
+		err = ubifs_purge_xattrs(new_inode);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	if (unlink && is_dir) {
 		err = ubifs_check_dir_empty(new_inode);
 		if (err)
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/journal.c b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
index 4f74d443ca44..74a7306978d0 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
@@ -892,6 +892,11 @@ int ubifs_jnl_write_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *inode)
 		struct inode *xino;
 		struct ubifs_dent_node *xent, *pxent = NULL;
 
+		if (ui->xattr_cnt >= ubifs_xattr_max_cnt(c)) {
+			ubifs_err(c, "Cannot delete inode, it has too much xattrs!");
+			goto out_release;
+		}
+
 		lowest_xent_key(c, &key, inode->i_ino);
 		while (1) {
 			xent = ubifs_tnc_next_ent(c, &key, &nm);
@@ -907,6 +912,13 @@ int ubifs_jnl_write_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *inode)
 			fname_len(&nm) = le16_to_cpu(xent->nlen);
 
 			xino = ubifs_iget(c->vfs_sb, xent->inum);
+			if (IS_ERR(xino)) {
+				err = PTR_ERR(xino);
+				ubifs_err(c, "dead directory entry '%s', error %d",
+					  xent->name, err);
+				ubifs_ro_mode(c, err);
+				goto out_release;
+			}
 			ubifs_assert(c, ubifs_inode(xino)->xattr);
 
 			clear_nlink(xino);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/misc.h b/fs/ubifs/misc.h
index 6f87237fdbf4..78a6e97f846e 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/misc.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/misc.h
@@ -288,6 +288,14 @@ static inline int ubifs_next_log_lnum(const struct ubifs_info *c, int lnum)
 	return lnum;
 }
 
+static inline int ubifs_xattr_max_cnt(struct ubifs_info *c)
+{
+	int max_xattrs = (c->leb_size / 2) / UBIFS_INO_NODE_SZ;
+
+	ubifs_assert(c, max_xattrs < c->max_orphans);
+	return max_xattrs;
+}
+
 const char *ubifs_assert_action_name(struct ubifs_info *c);
 
 #endif /* __UBIFS_MISC_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 12628184772c..300458a4f518 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -1548,6 +1548,8 @@ static int mount_ubifs(struct ubifs_info *c)
 		c->bud_bytes, c->bud_bytes >> 10, c->bud_bytes >> 20);
 	dbg_gen("max. seq. number:    %llu", c->max_sqnum);
 	dbg_gen("commit number:       %llu", c->cmt_no);
+	dbg_gen("max. xattrs per inode: %d", ubifs_xattr_max_cnt(c));
+	dbg_gen("max orphans:           %d", c->max_orphans);
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index d28102829f6c..cf4b10f24b6d 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -2017,6 +2017,7 @@ int ubifs_xattr_set(struct inode *host, const char *name, const void *value,
 		    size_t size, int flags, bool check_lock);
 ssize_t ubifs_xattr_get(struct inode *host, const char *name, void *buf,
 			size_t size);
+int ubifs_purge_xattrs(struct inode *host);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_XATTR
 void ubifs_evict_xattr_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, ino_t xattr_inum);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
index f5ad1ede7990..acab3181ab35 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
@@ -60,12 +60,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 
-/*
- * Limit the number of extended attributes per inode so that the total size
- * (@xattr_size) is guaranteeded to fit in an 'unsigned int'.
- */
-#define MAX_XATTRS_PER_INODE 65535
-
 /*
  * Extended attribute type constants.
  *
@@ -106,7 +100,7 @@ static int create_xattr(struct ubifs_info *c, struct inode *host,
 				.new_ino_d = ALIGN(size, 8), .dirtied_ino = 1,
 				.dirtied_ino_d = ALIGN(host_ui->data_len, 8) };
 
-	if (host_ui->xattr_cnt >= MAX_XATTRS_PER_INODE) {
+	if (host_ui->xattr_cnt >= ubifs_xattr_max_cnt(c)) {
 		ubifs_err(c, "inode %lu already has too many xattrs (%d), cannot create more",
 			  host->i_ino, host_ui->xattr_cnt);
 		return -ENOSPC;
@@ -507,6 +501,69 @@ out_cancel:
 	return err;
 }
 
+int ubifs_purge_xattrs(struct inode *host)
+{
+	union ubifs_key key;
+	struct ubifs_info *c = host->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct ubifs_dent_node *xent, *pxent = NULL;
+	struct inode *xino;
+	struct fscrypt_name nm = {0};
+	int err;
+
+	if (ubifs_inode(host)->xattr_cnt < ubifs_xattr_max_cnt(c))
+		return 0;
+
+	ubifs_warn(c, "inode %lu has too many xattrs, doing a non-atomic deletion",
+		   host->i_ino);
+
+	lowest_xent_key(c, &key, host->i_ino);
+	while (1) {
+		xent = ubifs_tnc_next_ent(c, &key, &nm);
+		if (IS_ERR(xent)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(xent);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		fname_name(&nm) = xent->name;
+		fname_len(&nm) = le16_to_cpu(xent->nlen);
+
+		xino = ubifs_iget(c->vfs_sb, xent->inum);
+		if (IS_ERR(xino)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(xino);
+			ubifs_err(c, "dead directory entry '%s', error %d",
+				  xent->name, err);
+			ubifs_ro_mode(c, err);
+			kfree(pxent);
+			return err;
+		}
+
+		ubifs_assert(c, ubifs_inode(xino)->xattr);
+
+		clear_nlink(xino);
+		err = remove_xattr(c, host, xino, &nm);
+		if (err) {
+			kfree(pxent);
+			iput(xino);
+			ubifs_err(c, "cannot remove xattr, error %d", err);
+			return err;
+		}
+
+		iput(xino);
+
+		kfree(pxent);
+		pxent = xent;
+		key_read(c, &xent->key, &key);
+	}
+
+	kfree(pxent);
+	if (err != -ENOENT) {
+		ubifs_err(c, "cannot find next direntry, error %d", err);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * ubifs_evict_xattr_inode - Evict an xattr inode.
  * @c: UBIFS file-system description object