diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 09d9276034335f8658bcf421bf7fa0283c8c549f..f891c260a9712eee980958e2ec373a9a8cf40af9 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -552,11 +552,12 @@ __vfs_removexattr_locked(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 		goto out;
 
 	error = __vfs_removexattr(idmap, dentry, name);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 
-	if (!error) {
-		fsnotify_xattr(dentry);
-		evm_inode_post_removexattr(dentry, name);
-	}
+	fsnotify_xattr(dentry);
+	security_inode_post_removexattr(dentry, name);
+	evm_inode_post_removexattr(dentry, name);
 
 out:
 	return error;
diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
index a0e9e48015a4f34832528d685b5ff9afc56bf1b7..f849f7d5bb5358d6b69364045e51194496876fbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_getxattr, struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_listxattr, struct dentry *dentry)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_removexattr, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	 struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
+LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, inode_post_removexattr, struct dentry *dentry,
+	 const char *name)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_set_acl, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	 struct dentry *dentry, const char *acl_name, struct posix_acl *kacl)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_get_acl, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 56c841aa399421dc5763aa0286a080d612865547..84ae036903409fc893972d800826d2954d338b8e 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ int security_inode_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
 int security_inode_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry);
 int security_inode_removexattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			       struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
+void security_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
 int security_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry);
 int security_inode_killpriv(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry);
 int security_inode_getsecurity(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
@@ -942,6 +943,10 @@ static inline int security_inode_removexattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	return cap_inode_removexattr(idmap, dentry, name);
 }
 
+static inline void security_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry,
+						   const char *name)
+{ }
+
 static inline int security_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return cap_inode_need_killpriv(dentry);
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 56527d5415e23bcbf2d613a51321526012885387..d77fdd3ca1bceee3650a21ea67b2073c748a5ff3 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -2452,6 +2452,20 @@ int security_inode_removexattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	return evm_inode_removexattr(idmap, dentry, name);
 }
 
+/**
+ * security_inode_post_removexattr() - Update the inode after a removexattr op
+ * @dentry: file
+ * @name: xattr name
+ *
+ * Update the inode after a successful removexattr operation.
+ */
+void security_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
+{
+	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(d_backing_inode(dentry))))
+		return;
+	call_void_hook(inode_post_removexattr, dentry, name);
+}
+
 /**
  * security_inode_need_killpriv() - Check if security_inode_killpriv() required
  * @dentry: associated dentry