diff --git a/weed/mount/weedfs_xattr.go b/weed/mount/weedfs_xattr.go
index 74ccd9336..e202b77b0 100644
--- a/weed/mount/weedfs_xattr.go
+++ b/weed/mount/weedfs_xattr.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) GetXAttr(cancel <-chan struct{}, header *fuse.InHeader, attr str
 		return 0, fuse.EINVAL
 	}
 
-	_, _, entry, _, status := wfs.maybeReadEntry(header.NodeId, true)
+	_, _, entry, _, status := wfs.maybeReadEntry(header.NodeId, false)
 	if status != fuse.OK {
 		return 0, status
 	}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) SetXAttr(cancel <-chan struct{}, input *fuse.SetXAttrIn, attr st
 		}
 	}
 
-	path, fh, entry, _, status := wfs.maybeReadEntry(input.NodeId, true)
+	path, fh, entry, _, status := wfs.maybeReadEntry(input.NodeId, false)
 	if status != fuse.OK {
 		return status
 	}
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) ListXAttr(cancel <-chan struct{}, header *fuse.InHeader, dest []
 		return 0, fuse.Status(syscall.ENOTSUP)
 	}
 
-	_, _, entry, _, status := wfs.maybeReadEntry(header.NodeId, true)
+	_, _, entry, _, status := wfs.maybeReadEntry(header.NodeId, false)
 	if status != fuse.OK {
 		return 0, status
 	}
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (wfs *WFS) RemoveXAttr(cancel <-chan struct{}, header *fuse.InHeader, attr
 	if len(attr) == 0 {
 		return fuse.EINVAL
 	}
-	path, fh, entry, _, status := wfs.maybeReadEntry(header.NodeId, true)
+	path, fh, entry, _, status := wfs.maybeReadEntry(header.NodeId, false)
 	if status != fuse.OK {
 		return status
 	}