diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
index b78b5eb9e96..f98c5be3dfe 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -530,6 +530,8 @@ xfs_attrmulti_attr_set(
 	char			*kbuf;
 	int			error = EFAULT;
 
+	if (IS_RDONLY(&vp->v_inode))
+		return -EROFS;
 	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(&vp->v_inode) || IS_APPEND(&vp->v_inode))
 		return EPERM;
 	if (len > XATTR_SIZE_MAX)
@@ -557,6 +559,9 @@ xfs_attrmulti_attr_remove(
 {
 	int			error;
 
+
+	if (IS_RDONLY(&vp->v_inode))
+		return -EROFS;
 	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(&vp->v_inode) || IS_APPEND(&vp->v_inode))
 		return EPERM;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
index 5484eeb460c..1a11c2b5170 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
@@ -117,11 +117,6 @@ xfs_attr_fetch(xfs_inode_t *ip, const char *name, int namelen,
 	     ip->i_d.di_anextents == 0))
 		return(ENOATTR);
 
-	if (!(flags & (ATTR_KERNACCESS|ATTR_SECURE))) {
-		if ((error = xfs_iaccess(ip, S_IRUSR, cred)))
-			return(XFS_ERROR(error));
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Fill in the arg structure for this request.
 	 */
@@ -425,7 +420,7 @@ xfs_attr_set(bhv_desc_t *bdp, const char *name, char *value, int valuelen, int f
 	     struct cred *cred)
 {
 	xfs_inode_t	*dp;
-	int             namelen, error;
+	int             namelen;
 
 	namelen = strlen(name);
 	if (namelen >= MAXNAMELEN)
@@ -437,14 +432,6 @@ xfs_attr_set(bhv_desc_t *bdp, const char *name, char *value, int valuelen, int f
 	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(dp->i_mount))
 		return (EIO);
 
-	xfs_ilock(dp, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-	if (!(flags & ATTR_SECURE) &&
-	     (error = xfs_iaccess(dp, S_IWUSR, cred))) {
-		xfs_iunlock(dp, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-		return(XFS_ERROR(error));
-	}
-	xfs_iunlock(dp, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-
 	return xfs_attr_set_int(dp, name, namelen, value, valuelen, flags);
 }
 
@@ -579,7 +566,7 @@ int
 xfs_attr_remove(bhv_desc_t *bdp, const char *name, int flags, struct cred *cred)
 {
 	xfs_inode_t         *dp;
-	int                 namelen, error;
+	int                 namelen;
 
 	namelen = strlen(name);
 	if (namelen >= MAXNAMELEN)
@@ -592,11 +579,7 @@ xfs_attr_remove(bhv_desc_t *bdp, const char *name, int flags, struct cred *cred)
 		return (EIO);
 
 	xfs_ilock(dp, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-	if (!(flags & ATTR_SECURE) &&
-	     (error = xfs_iaccess(dp, S_IWUSR, cred))) {
-		xfs_iunlock(dp, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-		return(XFS_ERROR(error));
-	} else if (XFS_IFORK_Q(dp) == 0 ||
+	if (XFS_IFORK_Q(dp) == 0 ||
 		   (dp->i_d.di_aformat == XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS &&
 		    dp->i_d.di_anextents == 0)) {
 		xfs_iunlock(dp, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
@@ -668,12 +651,6 @@ xfs_attr_list(bhv_desc_t *bdp, char *buffer, int bufsize, int flags,
 		return (EIO);
 
 	xfs_ilock(dp, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-	if (!(flags & ATTR_SECURE) &&
-	     (error = xfs_iaccess(dp, S_IRUSR, cred))) {
-		xfs_iunlock(dp, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-		return(XFS_ERROR(error));
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Decide on what work routines to call based on the inode size.
 	 */