diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 14540bd..8df676f 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -310,13 +310,8 @@
 	struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
 	int error;
 
-	if (!inode->i_op->getxattr)
-	       return 0;
-
-	error = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, inode, XATTR_NAME_CAPS, NULL, 0);
-	if (error <= 0)
-		return 0;
-	return 1;
+	error = __vfs_getxattr(dentry, inode, XATTR_NAME_CAPS, NULL, 0);
+	return error > 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -329,12 +324,12 @@
  */
 int cap_inode_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
+	int error;
 
-	if (!inode->i_op->removexattr)
-	       return 0;
-
-	return inode->i_op->removexattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS);
+	error = __vfs_removexattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS);
+	if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+		error = 0;
+	return error;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -394,11 +389,11 @@
 
 	memset(cpu_caps, 0, sizeof(struct cpu_vfs_cap_data));
 
-	if (!inode || !inode->i_op->getxattr)
+	if (!inode)
 		return -ENODATA;
 
-	size = inode->i_op->getxattr((struct dentry *)dentry, inode,
-				     XATTR_NAME_CAPS, &caps, XATTR_CAPS_SZ);
+	size = __vfs_getxattr((struct dentry *)dentry, inode,
+			      XATTR_NAME_CAPS, &caps, XATTR_CAPS_SZ);
 	if (size == -ENODATA || size == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		/* no data, that's ok */
 		return -ENODATA;