1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.c b/fs/ext2/acl.c
index 0ce740489ab1..35d6a3cfd9ff 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.c
@@ -194,12 +194,10 @@ ext2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
                 case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
                         name_index = EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
                         if (acl) {
-                                mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
-                                error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+                                error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
                                 if (error < 0)
                                         return error;
                                 else {
-                                        inode->i_mode = mode;
                                         inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
                                         mark_inode_dirty(inode);
                                         if (error == 0)