diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index dfe60f49fbac..cfa464cff0f2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -3144,7 +3144,8 @@ typedef enum {
 	EXT4_IGET_SPECIAL =	0x0001, /* OK to iget a system inode */
 	EXT4_IGET_HANDLE = 	0x0002,	/* Inode # is from a handle */
 	EXT4_IGET_BAD =		0x0004, /* Allow to iget a bad inode */
-	EXT4_IGET_EA_INODE =	0x0008	/* Inode should contain an EA value */
+	EXT4_IGET_EA_INODE =	0x0008,	/* Inode should contain an EA value */
+	EXT4_IGET_NOWAIT =	0x0010	/* Non-blocking lookup (skip if freeing) */
 } ext4_iget_flags;
 
 extern struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 67f12db823cb..9a7bb55bfb22 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5272,6 +5272,20 @@ void ext4_set_inode_mapping_order(struct inode *inode)
 	mapping_set_folio_order_range(inode->i_mapping, min_order, max_order);
 }
 
+static int ext4_iget_match(struct inode *inode, u64 ino, void *data)
+{
+	if (inode->i_ino != ino)
+		return 0;
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	if (inode_state_read(inode) & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE | I_CREATING)) {
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	__iget(inode);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	return 1;
+}
+
 struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 			  ext4_iget_flags flags, const char *function,
 			  unsigned int line)
@@ -5300,9 +5314,24 @@ struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 		return ERR_PTR(-EFSCORRUPTED);
 	}
 
-	inode = iget_locked(sb, ino);
-	if (!inode)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	if (flags & EXT4_IGET_NOWAIT) {
+		inode = find_inode_nowait(sb, ino, ext4_iget_match, NULL);
+		if (!inode)
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+
+		if (inode_state_read_once(inode) & I_NEW)
+			wait_on_new_inode(inode);
+
+		if (unlikely(inode_unhashed(inode))) {
+			iput(inode);
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+		}
+	} else {
+		inode = iget_locked(sb, ino);
+		if (!inode)
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+
 	if (!(inode_state_read_once(inode) & I_NEW)) {
 		ret = check_igot_inode(inode, flags, function, line);
 		if (ret) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 982a1f831e22..21b5670d8503 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ ext4_xattr_inode_cache_find(struct inode *inode, const void *value,
 
 	while (ce) {
 		ea_inode = ext4_iget(inode->i_sb, ce->e_value,
-				     EXT4_IGET_EA_INODE);
+				     EXT4_IGET_EA_INODE | EXT4_IGET_NOWAIT);
 		if (IS_ERR(ea_inode))
 			goto next_entry;
 		ext4_xattr_inode_set_class(ea_inode);