diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 1539cf559784..a665d2fb70c1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -997,13 +997,10 @@ static int ext4_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
 	if (test_opt(sb, OLDALLOC))
 		seq_puts(seq, ",oldalloc");
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
-	if (test_opt(sb, XATTR_USER) &&
-		!(def_mount_opts & EXT4_DEFM_XATTR_USER))
+	if (test_opt(sb, XATTR_USER))
 		seq_puts(seq, ",user_xattr");
-	if (!test_opt(sb, XATTR_USER) &&
-	    (def_mount_opts & EXT4_DEFM_XATTR_USER)) {
+	if (!test_opt(sb, XATTR_USER))
 		seq_puts(seq, ",nouser_xattr");
-	}
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	if (test_opt(sb, POSIX_ACL) && !(def_mount_opts & EXT4_DEFM_ACL))
@@ -3095,13 +3092,12 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	}
 	if (def_mount_opts & EXT4_DEFM_UID16)
 		set_opt(sb, NO_UID32);
+	/* xattr user namespace & acls are now defaulted on */
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
-	if (def_mount_opts & EXT4_DEFM_XATTR_USER)
-		set_opt(sb, XATTR_USER);
+	set_opt(sb, XATTR_USER);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	if (def_mount_opts & EXT4_DEFM_ACL)
-		set_opt(sb, POSIX_ACL);
+	set_opt(sb, POSIX_ACL);
 #endif
 	if ((def_mount_opts & EXT4_DEFM_JMODE) == EXT4_DEFM_JMODE_DATA)
 		set_opt(sb, JOURNAL_DATA);