diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index d722eb830317..afe59086b3f6 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3250,6 +3250,12 @@ static const struct xattr_handler shmem_trusted_xattr_handler = {
 	.set = shmem_xattr_handler_set,
 };
 
+static const struct xattr_handler shmem_user_xattr_handler = {
+	.prefix = XATTR_USER_PREFIX,
+	.get = shmem_xattr_handler_get,
+	.set = shmem_xattr_handler_set,
+};
+
 static const struct xattr_handler *shmem_xattr_handlers[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
 	&posix_acl_access_xattr_handler,
@@ -3257,6 +3263,7 @@ static const struct xattr_handler *shmem_xattr_handlers[] = {
 #endif
 	&shmem_security_xattr_handler,
 	&shmem_trusted_xattr_handler,
+	&shmem_user_xattr_handler,
 	NULL
 };