diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.c b/fs/9p/acl.c
index 27886efe87f..57469bf7927 100644
--- a/fs/9p/acl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ int v9fs_acl_chmod(struct dentry *dentry)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	acl = v9fs_get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (acl) {
-		retval = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+		retval = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
 		if (retval)
 			return retval;
 		retval = v9fs_set_acl(dentry, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 0b537ad2f70..2263ada10f2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ int btrfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(acl))
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
 
-	ret = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+	ret = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	ret = btrfs_set_acl(NULL, inode, acl, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.c b/fs/ext2/acl.c
index 3b067882ae9..ad86d761696 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ ext2_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 	acl = ext2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+	error = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	error = ext2_set_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index e8190c21dab..523522e40c3 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ ext3_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 	acl = ext3_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+	error = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 retry:
diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index 1b24291b676..b8a48cc9af9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 	acl = ext4_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+	error = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 retry:
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/acl.c b/fs/f2fs/acl.c
index e4ca7554a79..58356c05013 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/acl.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ int f2fs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 	if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
 
-	error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, mode);
+	error = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, mode);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
diff --git a/fs/generic_acl.c b/fs/generic_acl.c
index 21408084c3b..f07ec18cd6c 100644
--- a/fs/generic_acl.c
+++ b/fs/generic_acl.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ generic_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	acl = get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (acl) {
-		error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+		error = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 		set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.c b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
index ea4b4585ae1..65e70e1644b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ int gfs2_acl_chmod(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr)
 	if (!acl)
 		return gfs2_setattr_simple(inode, attr);
 
-	error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_NOFS, attr->ia_mode);
+	error = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_NOFS, attr->ia_mode);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/acl.c b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
index 85b3c4c0196..029dcc2d243 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ int jffs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 	acl = jffs2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	rc = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+	rc = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 	rc = jffs2_set_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
diff --git a/fs/jfs/acl.c b/fs/jfs/acl.c
index d254d6d3599..9c0fca8073d 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/acl.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ int jfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 	if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
 
-	rc = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+	rc = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
index 3283555e470..7ad14af22ca 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ int ocfs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 	acl = ocfs2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	ret = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+	ret = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	ret = ocfs2_set_acl(NULL, inode, NULL, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 1dc6d8b5cfe..254a760e7a2 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_update_mode);
 /*
  * Modify the ACL for the chmod syscall.
  */
-static int posix_acl_chmod_masq(struct posix_acl *acl, umode_t mode)
+static int __posix_acl_chmod_masq(struct posix_acl *acl, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct posix_acl_entry *group_obj = NULL, *mask_obj = NULL;
 	struct posix_acl_entry *pa, *pe;
@@ -455,12 +455,12 @@ posix_acl_create(struct posix_acl **acl, gfp_t gfp, umode_t *mode_p)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_create);
 
 int
-posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **acl, gfp_t gfp, umode_t mode)
+__posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **acl, gfp_t gfp, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *clone = posix_acl_clone(*acl, gfp);
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 	if (clone) {
-		err = posix_acl_chmod_masq(clone, mode);
+		err = __posix_acl_chmod_masq(clone, mode);
 		if (err) {
 			posix_acl_release(clone);
 			clone = NULL;
@@ -470,6 +470,30 @@ posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **acl, gfp_t gfp, umode_t mode)
 	*acl = clone;
 	return err;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__posix_acl_chmod);
+
+int
+posix_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct posix_acl *acl;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!IS_POSIXACL(inode))
+		return 0;
+	if (!inode->i_op->set_acl)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	acl = get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(acl))
+		return PTR_ERR(acl);
+
+	ret = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	ret = inode->i_op->set_acl(inode, acl, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+	posix_acl_release(acl);
+	return ret;
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_chmod);
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
index 690d5457af2..8882b8dcbaa 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ int reiserfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 		return 0;
 	if (IS_ERR(acl))
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
-	error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_NOFS, inode->i_mode);
+	error = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_NOFS, inode->i_mode);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
index fb853c7b2b7..de4f76f02ae 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ xfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 	if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
 
-	error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+	error = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/posix_acl.h b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
index f37b94074bc..eb18661174f 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
@@ -89,13 +89,15 @@ extern int posix_acl_permission(struct inode *, const struct posix_acl *, int);
 extern struct posix_acl *posix_acl_from_mode(umode_t, gfp_t);
 extern int posix_acl_equiv_mode(const struct posix_acl *, umode_t *);
 extern int posix_acl_create(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, umode_t *);
-extern int posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, umode_t);
+extern int __posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, umode_t);
 extern int posix_acl_update_mode(struct inode *, umode_t *, struct posix_acl **);
 
 extern struct posix_acl *get_posix_acl(struct inode *, int);
 extern int set_posix_acl(struct inode *, int, struct posix_acl *);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
+extern int posix_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
+
 static inline struct posix_acl **acl_by_type(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	switch (type) {
@@ -166,15 +168,22 @@ static inline void forget_all_cached_acls(struct inode *inode)
 	if (old_default != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
 		posix_acl_release(old_default);
 }
-#endif
 
 static inline void cache_no_acl(struct inode *inode)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	inode->i_acl = NULL;
 	inode->i_default_acl = NULL;
-#endif
 }
+#else
+static inline int posix_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void cache_no_acl(struct inode *inode)
+{
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL */
 
 struct posix_acl *get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);