goto out;
        }
 
-       ret = btrfs_setxattr_trans(trans, inode, name, value, size, 0);
+       if (trans)
+               ret = btrfs_setxattr(trans, inode, name, value, size, 0);
+       else
+               ret = btrfs_setxattr_trans(NULL, inode, name, value, size, 0);
+
 out:
        kfree(value);
 
 
                return -EINVAL;
 
        if (value_len == 0) {
-               ret = btrfs_setxattr_trans(trans, inode, handler->xattr_name,
-                                          NULL, 0, flags);
+               if (trans)
+                       ret = btrfs_setxattr(trans, inode, handler->xattr_name,
+                                            NULL, 0, flags);
+               else
+                       ret = btrfs_setxattr_trans(NULL, inode,
+                                                  handler->xattr_name, NULL, 0,
+                                                  flags);
                if (ret)
                        return ret;
 
        ret = handler->validate(value, value_len);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
-       ret = btrfs_setxattr_trans(trans, inode, handler->xattr_name,
-                                  value, value_len, flags);
+       if (trans)
+               ret = btrfs_setxattr(trans, inode, handler->xattr_name, value,
+                                    value_len, flags);
+       else
+               ret = btrfs_setxattr_trans(NULL, inode, handler->xattr_name,
+                                          value, value_len, flags);
+
        if (ret)
                return ret;
        ret = handler->apply(inode, value, value_len);
        if (ret) {
-               btrfs_setxattr_trans(trans, inode, handler->xattr_name,
-                                    NULL, 0, flags);
+               if (trans)
+                       btrfs_setxattr(trans, inode, handler->xattr_name, NULL,
+                                      0, flags);
+               else
+                       btrfs_setxattr_trans(NULL, inode, handler->xattr_name,
+                                            NULL, 0, flags);
                return ret;
        }
 
                if (ret)
                        return ret;
 
-               ret = btrfs_setxattr_trans(trans, inode, h->xattr_name, value,
-                                          strlen(value), 0);
+               ret = btrfs_setxattr(trans, inode, h->xattr_name, value,
+                                    strlen(value), 0);
                if (!ret) {
                        ret = h->apply(inode, value, strlen(value));
                        if (ret)
-                               btrfs_setxattr_trans(trans, inode, h->xattr_name,
-                                                    NULL, 0, 0);
+                               btrfs_setxattr(trans, inode, h->xattr_name,
+                                              NULL, 0, 0);
                        else
                                set_bit(BTRFS_INODE_HAS_PROPS,
                                        &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
 
        size_t name_len = strlen(name);
        int ret = 0;
 
+       ASSERT(trans);
+
        if (name_len + size > BTRFS_MAX_XATTR_SIZE(root->fs_info))
                return -ENOSPC;
 
                }
                strcpy(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX);
                strcpy(name + XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN, xattr->name);
-               err = btrfs_setxattr_trans(trans, inode, name, xattr->value,
-                                          xattr->value_len, 0);
+               err = btrfs_setxattr(trans, inode, name, xattr->value,
+                                    xattr->value_len, 0);
                kfree(name);
                if (err < 0)
                        break;