diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog b/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
index cd348f0b90e5..868871cb9c6e 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ ToDo/Notes:
 	  checked and set in the ntfs inode as done for compressed files and
 	  the compressed size needs to be used for vfs inode->i_blocks instead
 	  of the allocated size, again, as done for compressed files.
+	- Add AT_EA in addition to AT_DATA to whitelist for being allowed to
+	  be non-resident in fs/ntfs/attrib.c::ntfs_attr_can_be_non_resident().
 
 2.1.22 - Many bug and race fixes and error handling improvements.
 
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
index 7a16f7ca76d8..fa464fce2261 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
@@ -1049,10 +1049,11 @@ int ntfs_attr_can_be_non_resident(const ntfs_volume *vol, const ATTR_TYPE type)
 	ATTR_DEF *ad;
 
 	/*
-	 * $DATA is always allowed to be non-resident even if $AttrDef does not
-	 * specify this in the flags of the $DATA attribute definition record.
+	 * $DATA and $EA are always allowed to be non-resident even if $AttrDef
+	 * does not specify this in the flags of the $DATA attribute definition
+	 * record.
 	 */
-	if (type == AT_DATA)
+	if (type == AT_DATA || type == AT_EA)
 		return 0;
 	/* Find the attribute definition record in $AttrDef. */
 	ad = ntfs_attr_find_in_attrdef(vol, type);