diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 7b3fe81db741..35e712bbccf1 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -1040,6 +1040,7 @@ static void default_options(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	sbi->active_logs = NR_CURSEG_TYPE;
 
 	set_opt(sbi, BG_GC);
+	set_opt(sbi, INLINE_XATTR);
 	set_opt(sbi, INLINE_DATA);
 	set_opt(sbi, INLINE_DENTRY);
 	set_opt(sbi, EXTENT_CACHE);