1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 5ba42c453e31..7c8a93042e63 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -584,19 +584,19 @@ static inline int exec_permission(struct inode *inode, unsigned int flags)
 
         if (inode->i_op->permission) {
                 ret = inode->i_op->permission(inode, MAY_EXEC, flags);
+                if (likely(!ret))
+                        goto ok;
         } else {
                 ret = acl_permission_check(inode, MAY_EXEC, flags,
                                 inode->i_op->check_acl);
+                if (likely(!ret))
+                        goto ok;
+                if (ret != -EACCES)
+                        return ret;
+                if (ns_capable(ns, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE) ||
+                                ns_capable(ns, CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH))
+                        goto ok;
         }
-        if (likely(!ret))
-                goto ok;
-        if (ret == -ECHILD)
-                return ret;
-
-        if (ns_capable(ns, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE) ||
-                        ns_capable(ns, CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH))
-                goto ok;
-
         return ret;
 ok:
         return security_inode_exec_permission(inode, flags);