diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/xattr.c b/drivers/staging/erofs/xattr.c
index 2db99cff3c99..d48687ca2199 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/xattr.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/xattr.c
@@ -638,6 +638,8 @@ ssize_t erofs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct listxattr_iter it;
 
 	ret = init_inode_xattrs(d_inode(dentry));
+	if (ret == -ENOATTR)
+		return 0;
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;