diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
index 173144769ddc..1d0aba7a49ac 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
@@ -807,12 +807,14 @@ xfs_attr_set(
 	struct xfs_inode	*dp = args->dp;
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = dp->i_mount;
 	struct xfs_trans_res	tres;
-	bool			rsvd = (args->attr_filter & XFS_ATTR_ROOT);
+	bool			rsvd;
 	int			error, local;
 	int			rmt_blks = 0;
 	unsigned int		total;
 	int			delayed = xfs_has_larp(mp);
 
+	rsvd = ((args->attr_filter & XFS_ATTR_ROOT) | XFS_ATTR_PARENT) != 0;
+
 	if (xfs_is_shutdown(dp->i_mount))
 		return -EIO;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_format.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_format.h
index 25e2841084e1..6dcd9799c2c2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_format.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_format.h
@@ -688,12 +688,15 @@ struct xfs_attr3_leafblock {
 #define	XFS_ATTR_LOCAL_BIT	0	/* attr is stored locally */
 #define	XFS_ATTR_ROOT_BIT	1	/* limit access to trusted attrs */
 #define	XFS_ATTR_SECURE_BIT	2	/* limit access to secure attrs */
+#define 	XFS_ATTR_PARENT_BIT	3	/* parent pointer secure attrs */
 #define	XFS_ATTR_INCOMPLETE_BIT	7	/* attr in middle of create/delete */
 #define XFS_ATTR_LOCAL		(1u << XFS_ATTR_LOCAL_BIT)
 #define XFS_ATTR_ROOT		(1u << XFS_ATTR_ROOT_BIT)
 #define XFS_ATTR_SECURE		(1u << XFS_ATTR_SECURE_BIT)
+#define XFS_ATTR_PARENT		(1u << XFS_ATTR_PARENT_BIT) 
 #define XFS_ATTR_INCOMPLETE	(1u << XFS_ATTR_INCOMPLETE_BIT)
-#define XFS_ATTR_NSP_ONDISK_MASK	(XFS_ATTR_ROOT | XFS_ATTR_SECURE)
+#define XFS_ATTR_NSP_ONDISK_MASK \
+			(XFS_ATTR_ROOT | XFS_ATTR_SECURE | XFS_ATTR_PARENT)
 
 /*
  * Alignment for namelist and valuelist entries (since they are mixed