diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c98e902f637b..bc0e9d79847a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f7f24758ac98a506770bc5910d33567610fa3403
+refs/heads/master: 6211502d7ee9e515e4458d0c0ebfbb70553dc7de
diff --git a/trunk/fs/jfs/xattr.c b/trunk/fs/jfs/xattr.c
index ee438d429d45..fdd8f3f5a72f 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/jfs/xattr.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/jfs/xattr.c
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ static int can_set_xattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 	if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
 		return -EROFS;
 
-	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	if(strncmp(name, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX, XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN) == 0)