diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 84f8699d..be3258ff 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ xx/xx/2005 - 1.12.2-WIP
 	- Fix endianness bug in libntfs/index.c.  (Anton)
 	- ntfsresize: check and report bad sectors before cluster allocation
 	  check because chkdsk doesn't fix $Bitmap with bad sectors.  (Szaka)
+	- $EA can be resident and non-resident.  Fix libntfs/attrib.c::
+	  ntfs_attr_can_be_resident() apropriately.  (Anton)
 	    
 10/10/2005 - 1.12.1 - Minor fix to location of mount.ntfs-fuse and mkfs.ntfs.
 
diff --git a/libntfs/attrib.c b/libntfs/attrib.c
index 704c7312..3a8b4d26 100644
--- a/libntfs/attrib.c
+++ b/libntfs/attrib.c
@@ -2446,7 +2446,7 @@ int ntfs_attr_can_be_resident(const ntfs_volume *vol, const ATTR_TYPES type)
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (type != AT_INDEX_ALLOCATION && type != AT_EA)
+	if (type != AT_INDEX_ALLOCATION)
 		return 0;
 	errno = EPERM;
 	return -1;