struct mb_cache_entry **);
 static __le32 ext4_xattr_hash_entry(char *name, size_t name_len, __le32 *value,
                                    size_t value_count);
+static __le32 ext4_xattr_hash_entry_signed(char *name, size_t name_len, __le32 *value,
+                                   size_t value_count);
 static void ext4_xattr_rehash(struct ext4_xattr_header *);
 
 static const struct xattr_handler * const ext4_xattr_handler_map[] = {
                tmp_data = cpu_to_le32(hash);
                e_hash = ext4_xattr_hash_entry(entry->e_name, entry->e_name_len,
                                               &tmp_data, 1);
-               if (e_hash != entry->e_hash)
-                       return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+               /* All good? */
+               if (e_hash == entry->e_hash)
+                       return 0;
+
+               /*
+                * Not good. Maybe the entry hash was calculated
+                * using the buggy signed char version?
+                */
+               e_hash = ext4_xattr_hash_entry_signed(entry->e_name, entry->e_name_len,
+                                                       &tmp_data, 1);
+               if (e_hash == entry->e_hash)
+                       return 0;
+
+               /* Still no match - bad */
+               return -EFSCORRUPTED;
        }
        return 0;
 }
        return cpu_to_le32(hash);
 }
 
+/*
+ * ext4_xattr_hash_entry_signed()
+ *
+ * Compute the hash of an extended attribute incorrectly.
+ */
+static __le32 ext4_xattr_hash_entry_signed(char *name, size_t name_len, __le32 *value, size_t value_count)
+{
+       __u32 hash = 0;
+
+       while (name_len--) {
+               hash = (hash << NAME_HASH_SHIFT) ^
+                      (hash >> (8*sizeof(hash) - NAME_HASH_SHIFT)) ^
+                      (signed char)*name++;
+       }
+       while (value_count--) {
+               hash = (hash << VALUE_HASH_SHIFT) ^
+                      (hash >> (8*sizeof(hash) - VALUE_HASH_SHIFT)) ^
+                      le32_to_cpu(*value++);
+       }
+       return cpu_to_le32(hash);
+}
+
 #undef NAME_HASH_SHIFT
 #undef VALUE_HASH_SHIFT