diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 2a42cc0..d13873d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2149,9 +2149,7 @@ retry:
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR
 		inode->i_op = &ext4_special_inode_operations;
-#endif
 		err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
 	}
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);