diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c b/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c
index a3371b733..1a5a84d68 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_znode.c
@@ -1012,16 +1012,7 @@ zfs_rezget(znode_t *zp)
 	}
 	mutex_exit(&zp->z_acl_lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * Lock inversion with zpl_xattr_get->__zpl_xattr_get->zfs_lookup
-	 * between z_xattr_lock and z_teardown_lock.  Detect this case and
-	 * return EBUSY so zfs_resume_fs() will mark the inode stale and it
-	 * will safely be revalidated on next access.
-	 */
-	err = rw_tryenter(&zp->z_xattr_lock, RW_WRITER);
-	if (!err)
-		return (SET_ERROR(EBUSY));
-
+	rw_enter(&zp->z_xattr_lock, RW_WRITER);
 	if (zp->z_xattr_cached) {
 		nvlist_free(zp->z_xattr_cached);
 		zp->z_xattr_cached = NULL;