diff --git a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
index 27a0b4a901f5..5404ed1582ff 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
@@ -448,17 +448,18 @@ ssize_t gfs2_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size)
 }
 
 /**
- * ea_get_unstuffed - actually copies the unstuffed data into the
- *                    request buffer
+ * ea_iter_unstuffed - copies the unstuffed xattr data to/from the
+ *                     request buffer
  * @ip: The GFS2 inode
  * @ea: The extended attribute header structure
- * @data: The data to be copied
+ * @din: The data to be copied in
+ * @dout: The data to be copied out (one of din,dout will be NULL)
  *
  * Returns: errno
  */
 
-static int ea_get_unstuffed(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct gfs2_ea_header *ea,
-			    char *data)
+static int gfs2_iter_unstuffed(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct gfs2_ea_header *ea,
+			       const char *din, char *dout)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
 	struct buffer_head **bh;
@@ -467,6 +468,8 @@ static int ea_get_unstuffed(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct gfs2_ea_header *ea,
 	__be64 *dataptrs = GFS2_EA2DATAPTRS(ea);
 	unsigned int x;
 	int error = 0;
+	unsigned char *pos;
+	unsigned cp_size;
 
 	bh = kcalloc(nptrs, sizeof(struct buffer_head *), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!bh)
@@ -497,12 +500,21 @@ static int ea_get_unstuffed(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct gfs2_ea_header *ea,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		memcpy(data, bh[x]->b_data + sizeof(struct gfs2_meta_header),
-		       (sdp->sd_jbsize > amount) ? amount : sdp->sd_jbsize);
+		pos = bh[x]->b_data + sizeof(struct gfs2_meta_header);
+		cp_size = (sdp->sd_jbsize > amount) ? amount : sdp->sd_jbsize;
+
+		if (dout) {
+			memcpy(dout, pos, cp_size);
+			dout += sdp->sd_jbsize;
+		}
+
+		if (din) {
+			gfs2_trans_add_bh(ip->i_gl, bh[x], 1);
+			memcpy(pos, din, cp_size);
+			din += sdp->sd_jbsize;
+		}
 
 		amount -= sdp->sd_jbsize;
-		data += sdp->sd_jbsize;
-
 		brelse(bh[x]);
 	}
 
@@ -523,7 +535,7 @@ static int gfs2_ea_get_copy(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct gfs2_ea_location *el,
 		memcpy(data, GFS2_EA2DATA(el->el_ea), len);
 		return len;
 	}
-	ret = ea_get_unstuffed(ip, el->el_ea, data);
+	ret = gfs2_iter_unstuffed(ip, el->el_ea, NULL, data);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 	return len;
@@ -1220,69 +1232,23 @@ static int gfs2_xattr_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 				size, flags, type);
 }
 
+
 static int ea_acl_chmod_unstuffed(struct gfs2_inode *ip,
 				  struct gfs2_ea_header *ea, char *data)
 {
 	struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
-	struct buffer_head **bh;
 	unsigned int amount = GFS2_EA_DATA_LEN(ea);
 	unsigned int nptrs = DIV_ROUND_UP(amount, sdp->sd_jbsize);
-	__be64 *dataptrs = GFS2_EA2DATAPTRS(ea);
-	unsigned int x;
-	int error;
+	int ret;
 
-	bh = kcalloc(nptrs, sizeof(struct buffer_head *), GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!bh)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	ret = gfs2_trans_begin(sdp, nptrs + RES_DINODE, 0);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
-	error = gfs2_trans_begin(sdp, nptrs + RES_DINODE, 0);
-	if (error)
-		goto out;
-
-	for (x = 0; x < nptrs; x++) {
-		error = gfs2_meta_read(ip->i_gl, be64_to_cpu(*dataptrs), 0,
-				       bh + x);
-		if (error) {
-			while (x--)
-				brelse(bh[x]);
-			goto fail;
-		}
-		dataptrs++;
-	}
-
-	for (x = 0; x < nptrs; x++) {
-		error = gfs2_meta_wait(sdp, bh[x]);
-		if (error) {
-			for (; x < nptrs; x++)
-				brelse(bh[x]);
-			goto fail;
-		}
-		if (gfs2_metatype_check(sdp, bh[x], GFS2_METATYPE_ED)) {
-			for (; x < nptrs; x++)
-				brelse(bh[x]);
-			error = -EIO;
-			goto fail;
-		}
-
-		gfs2_trans_add_bh(ip->i_gl, bh[x], 1);
-
-		memcpy(bh[x]->b_data + sizeof(struct gfs2_meta_header), data,
-		       (sdp->sd_jbsize > amount) ? amount : sdp->sd_jbsize);
-
-		amount -= sdp->sd_jbsize;
-		data += sdp->sd_jbsize;
-
-		brelse(bh[x]);
-	}
-
-out:
-	kfree(bh);
-	return error;
-
-fail:
+	ret = gfs2_iter_unstuffed(ip, ea, data, NULL);
 	gfs2_trans_end(sdp);
-	kfree(bh);
-	return error;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int gfs2_xattr_acl_chmod(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr, char *data)