diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index cdd83d4899bb..4f1fe6d08866 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -195,3 +195,27 @@ long splice_file_to_pipe(struct file *in,
 			 struct pipe_inode_info *opipe,
 			 loff_t *offset,
 			 size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+
+/*
+ * fs/xattr.c:
+ */
+struct xattr_name {
+	char name[XATTR_NAME_MAX + 1];
+};
+
+struct xattr_ctx {
+	/* Value of attribute */
+	union {
+		const void __user *cvalue;
+		void __user *value;
+	};
+	void *kvalue;
+	size_t size;
+	/* Attribute name */
+	struct xattr_name *kname;
+	unsigned int flags;
+};
+
+int setxattr_copy(const char __user *name, struct xattr_ctx *ctx);
+int do_setxattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct dentry *dentry,
+		struct xattr_ctx *ctx);
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 998045165916..7117cb253864 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 static const char *
 strcmp_prefix(const char *a, const char *a_prefix)
 {
@@ -539,44 +541,76 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_removexattr);
 /*
  * Extended attribute SET operations
  */
-static long
-setxattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct dentry *d,
-	 const char __user *name, const void __user *value, size_t size,
-	 int flags)
+
+int setxattr_copy(const char __user *name, struct xattr_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	int error;
-	void *kvalue = NULL;
-	char kname[XATTR_NAME_MAX + 1];
 
-	if (flags & ~(XATTR_CREATE|XATTR_REPLACE))
+	if (ctx->flags & ~(XATTR_CREATE|XATTR_REPLACE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	error = strncpy_from_user(kname, name, sizeof(kname));
-	if (error == 0 || error == sizeof(kname))
-		error = -ERANGE;
+	error = strncpy_from_user(ctx->kname->name, name,
+				sizeof(ctx->kname->name));
+	if (error == 0 || error == sizeof(ctx->kname->name))
+		return  -ERANGE;
 	if (error < 0)
 		return error;
 
-	if (size) {
-		if (size > XATTR_SIZE_MAX)
+	error = 0;
+	if (ctx->size) {
+		if (ctx->size > XATTR_SIZE_MAX)
 			return -E2BIG;
-		kvalue = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!kvalue)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		if (copy_from_user(kvalue, value, size)) {
-			error = -EFAULT;
-			goto out;
+
+		ctx->kvalue = vmemdup_user(ctx->cvalue, ctx->size);
+		if (IS_ERR(ctx->kvalue)) {
+			error = PTR_ERR(ctx->kvalue);
+			ctx->kvalue = NULL;
 		}
-		if ((strcmp(kname, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS) == 0) ||
-		    (strcmp(kname, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT) == 0))
-			posix_acl_fix_xattr_from_user(mnt_userns, d_inode(d),
-						      kvalue, size);
 	}
 
-	error = vfs_setxattr(mnt_userns, d, kname, kvalue, size, flags);
-out:
-	kvfree(kvalue);
+	return error;
+}
 
+static void setxattr_convert(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+			     struct dentry *d, struct xattr_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	if (ctx->size &&
+		((strcmp(ctx->kname->name, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS) == 0) ||
+		(strcmp(ctx->kname->name, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT) == 0)))
+		posix_acl_fix_xattr_from_user(mnt_userns, d_inode(d),
+						ctx->kvalue, ctx->size);
+}
+
+int do_setxattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct dentry *dentry,
+		struct xattr_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	setxattr_convert(mnt_userns, dentry, ctx);
+	return vfs_setxattr(mnt_userns, dentry, ctx->kname->name,
+			ctx->kvalue, ctx->size, ctx->flags);
+}
+
+static long
+setxattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct dentry *d,
+	const char __user *name, const void __user *value, size_t size,
+	int flags)
+{
+	struct xattr_name kname;
+	struct xattr_ctx ctx = {
+		.cvalue   = value,
+		.kvalue   = NULL,
+		.size     = size,
+		.kname    = &kname,
+		.flags    = flags,
+	};
+	int error;
+
+	error = setxattr_copy(name, &ctx);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	error = do_setxattr(mnt_userns, d, &ctx);
+
+	kvfree(ctx.kvalue);
 	return error;
 }