diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
index bebe160..0450d79 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 	size_t xattr_size = 0;
 	char *xattr_value = NULL;
 	int error;
-	int size;
+	int size, user_space_size;
 	bool ima_present = false;
 
 	if (!(inode->i_opflags & IOP_XATTR) ||
@@ -277,6 +277,12 @@
 		if (size < 0)
 			continue;
 
+		user_space_size = vfs_getxattr(&init_user_ns, dentry,
+					       xattr->name, NULL, 0);
+		if (user_space_size != size)
+			pr_debug("file %s: xattr %s size mismatch (kernel: %d, user: %d)\n",
+				 dentry->d_name.name, xattr->name, size,
+				 user_space_size);
 		error = 0;
 		xattr_size = size;
 		crypto_shash_update(desc, (const u8 *)xattr_value, xattr_size);