diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 14f2d71..0050fc4 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@
 const struct inode_operations sysfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= sysfs_lookup,
 	.setattr	= sysfs_setattr,
+	.setxattr	= sysfs_setxattr,
 };
 
 static void remove_dir(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 555f0ff..2b6a8d9 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
 extern struct super_block * sysfs_sb;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@
 
 static const struct inode_operations sysfs_inode_operations ={
 	.setattr	= sysfs_setattr,
+	.setxattr	= sysfs_setxattr,
 };
 
 int __init sysfs_inode_init(void)
@@ -42,18 +45,37 @@
 	return bdi_init(&sysfs_backing_dev_info);
 }
 
+struct sysfs_inode_attrs *sysfs_init_inode_attrs(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	struct sysfs_inode_attrs *attrs;
+	struct iattr *iattrs;
+
+	attrs = kzalloc(sizeof(struct sysfs_inode_attrs), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!attrs)
+		return NULL;
+	iattrs = &attrs->ia_iattr;
+
+	/* assign default attributes */
+	iattrs->ia_mode = sd->s_mode;
+	iattrs->ia_uid = 0;
+	iattrs->ia_gid = 0;
+	iattrs->ia_atime = iattrs->ia_mtime = iattrs->ia_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+
+	return attrs;
+}
 int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * iattr)
 {
 	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
-	struct iattr * sd_iattr;
+	struct sysfs_inode_attrs *sd_attrs;
+	struct iattr *iattrs;
 	unsigned int ia_valid = iattr->ia_valid;
 	int error;
 
 	if (!sd)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	sd_iattr = sd->s_iattr;
+	sd_attrs = sd->s_iattr;
 
 	error = inode_change_ok(inode, iattr);
 	if (error)
@@ -65,42 +87,77 @@
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	if (!sd_iattr) {
+	if (!sd_attrs) {
 		/* setting attributes for the first time, allocate now */
-		sd_iattr = kzalloc(sizeof(struct iattr), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!sd_iattr)
+		sd_attrs = sysfs_init_inode_attrs(sd);
+		if (!sd_attrs)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		/* assign default attributes */
-		sd_iattr->ia_mode = sd->s_mode;
-		sd_iattr->ia_uid = 0;
-		sd_iattr->ia_gid = 0;
-		sd_iattr->ia_atime = sd_iattr->ia_mtime = sd_iattr->ia_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
-		sd->s_iattr = sd_iattr;
+		sd->s_iattr = sd_attrs;
+	} else {
+		/* attributes were changed at least once in past */
+		iattrs = &sd_attrs->ia_iattr;
+
+		if (ia_valid & ATTR_UID)
+			iattrs->ia_uid = iattr->ia_uid;
+		if (ia_valid & ATTR_GID)
+			iattrs->ia_gid = iattr->ia_gid;
+		if (ia_valid & ATTR_ATIME)
+			iattrs->ia_atime = timespec_trunc(iattr->ia_atime,
+					inode->i_sb->s_time_gran);
+		if (ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME)
+			iattrs->ia_mtime = timespec_trunc(iattr->ia_mtime,
+					inode->i_sb->s_time_gran);
+		if (ia_valid & ATTR_CTIME)
+			iattrs->ia_ctime = timespec_trunc(iattr->ia_ctime,
+					inode->i_sb->s_time_gran);
+		if (ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) {
+			umode_t mode = iattr->ia_mode;
+
+			if (!in_group_p(inode->i_gid) && !capable(CAP_FSETID))
+				mode &= ~S_ISGID;
+			iattrs->ia_mode = sd->s_mode = mode;
+		}
 	}
+	return error;
+}
 
-	/* attributes were changed atleast once in past */
+int sysfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
+		size_t size, int flags)
+{
+	struct sysfs_dirent *sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
+	struct sysfs_inode_attrs *iattrs;
+	void *secdata;
+	int error;
+	u32 secdata_len = 0;
 
-	if (ia_valid & ATTR_UID)
-		sd_iattr->ia_uid = iattr->ia_uid;
-	if (ia_valid & ATTR_GID)
-		sd_iattr->ia_gid = iattr->ia_gid;
-	if (ia_valid & ATTR_ATIME)
-		sd_iattr->ia_atime = timespec_trunc(iattr->ia_atime,
-						inode->i_sb->s_time_gran);
-	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME)
-		sd_iattr->ia_mtime = timespec_trunc(iattr->ia_mtime,
-						inode->i_sb->s_time_gran);
-	if (ia_valid & ATTR_CTIME)
-		sd_iattr->ia_ctime = timespec_trunc(iattr->ia_ctime,
-						inode->i_sb->s_time_gran);
-	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) {
-		umode_t mode = iattr->ia_mode;
+	if (!sd)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!sd->s_iattr)
+		sd->s_iattr = sysfs_init_inode_attrs(sd);
+	if (!sd->s_iattr)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-		if (!in_group_p(inode->i_gid) && !capable(CAP_FSETID))
-			mode &= ~S_ISGID;
-		sd_iattr->ia_mode = sd->s_mode = mode;
-	}
+	iattrs = sd->s_iattr;
 
+	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN)) {
+		const char *suffix = name + XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN;
+		error = security_inode_setsecurity(dentry->d_inode, suffix,
+						value, size, flags);
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
+		error = security_inode_getsecctx(dentry->d_inode,
+						&secdata, &secdata_len);
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
+		if (iattrs->ia_secdata)
+			security_release_secctx(iattrs->ia_secdata,
+						iattrs->ia_secdata_len);
+		iattrs->ia_secdata = secdata;
+		iattrs->ia_secdata_len = secdata_len;
+
+	} else
+		return -EINVAL;
+out:
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -146,6 +203,7 @@
 static void sysfs_init_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct bin_attribute *bin_attr;
+	struct sysfs_inode_attrs *iattrs;
 
 	inode->i_private = sysfs_get(sd);
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysfs_aops;
@@ -154,16 +212,20 @@
 	inode->i_ino = sd->s_ino;
 	lockdep_set_class(&inode->i_mutex, &sysfs_inode_imutex_key);
 
-	if (sd->s_iattr) {
+	iattrs = sd->s_iattr;
+	if (iattrs) {
 		/* sysfs_dirent has non-default attributes
 		 * get them for the new inode from persistent copy
 		 * in sysfs_dirent
 		 */
-		set_inode_attr(inode, sd->s_iattr);
+		set_inode_attr(inode, &iattrs->ia_iattr);
+		if (iattrs->ia_secdata)
+			security_inode_notifysecctx(inode,
+						iattrs->ia_secdata,
+						iattrs->ia_secdata_len);
 	} else
 		set_default_inode_attr(inode, sd->s_mode);
 
-
 	/* initialize inode according to type */
 	switch (sysfs_type(sd)) {
 	case SYSFS_DIR:
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 1d897ad..c5081ad 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
 
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
@@ -209,6 +210,7 @@
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations sysfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
+	.setxattr = sysfs_setxattr,
 	.readlink = generic_readlink,
 	.follow_link = sysfs_follow_link,
 	.put_link = sysfs_put_link,
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 3fa0d984..af4c4e7 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  * This file is released under the GPLv2.
  */
 
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+
 struct sysfs_open_dirent;
 
 /* type-specific structures for sysfs_dirent->s_* union members */
@@ -31,6 +33,12 @@
 	struct hlist_head	buffers;
 };
 
+struct sysfs_inode_attrs {
+	struct iattr	ia_iattr;
+	void		*ia_secdata;
+	u32		ia_secdata_len;
+};
+
 /*
  * sysfs_dirent - the building block of sysfs hierarchy.  Each and
  * every sysfs node is represented by single sysfs_dirent.
@@ -56,7 +64,7 @@
 	unsigned int		s_flags;
 	ino_t			s_ino;
 	umode_t			s_mode;
-	struct iattr		*s_iattr;
+	struct sysfs_inode_attrs *s_iattr;
 };
 
 #define SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS		INT_MIN
@@ -148,6 +156,8 @@
 struct inode *sysfs_get_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 void sysfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
 int sysfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr);
+int sysfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
+		size_t size, int flags);
 int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd, const char *name);
 int sysfs_inode_init(void);