diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
index 24f6683f1cfc..af998f93d256 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_listsecurity, struct inode *inode, char *buffer,
 	 size_t buffer_size)
 LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, inode_getsecid, struct inode *inode, u32 *secid)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_copy_up, struct dentry *src, struct cred **new)
-LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_copy_up_xattr, const char *name)
+LSM_HOOK(int, -EOPNOTSUPP, inode_copy_up_xattr, const char *name)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, kernfs_init_security, struct kernfs_node *kn_dir,
 	 struct kernfs_node *kn)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, file_permission, struct file *file, int mask)
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 0ce3e73edd42..70a7ad357bc6 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -1414,7 +1414,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_inode_copy_up);
 
 int security_inode_copy_up_xattr(const char *name)
 {
-	return call_int_hook(inode_copy_up_xattr, -EOPNOTSUPP, name);
+	struct security_hook_list *hp;
+	int rc;
+
+	/*
+	 * The implementation can return 0 (accept the xattr), 1 (discard the
+	 * xattr), -EOPNOTSUPP if it does not know anything about the xattr or
+	 * any other error code incase of an error.
+	 */
+	hlist_for_each_entry(hp,
+		&security_hook_heads.inode_copy_up_xattr, list) {
+		rc = hp->hook.inode_copy_up_xattr(name);
+		if (rc != LSM_RET_DEFAULT(inode_copy_up_xattr))
+			return rc;
+	}
+
+	return LSM_RET_DEFAULT(inode_copy_up_xattr);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_inode_copy_up_xattr);