diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index ef5e5414e7a..d63da756eb4 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -1124,8 +1124,6 @@ static void handle_attrs(struct super_block *s)
 					 "reiserfs: cannot support attributes until flag is set in super-block");
 			REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt &= ~(1 << REISERFS_ATTRS);
 		}
-	} else if (le32_to_cpu(rs->s_flags) & reiserfs_attrs_cleared) {
-		REISERFS_SB(s)->s_mount_opt |= (1 << REISERFS_ATTRS);
 	}
 }