1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
index 58c418fbca2c..97ae1b92bc47 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
@@ -408,8 +408,9 @@ int reiserfs_cache_default_acl(struct inode *inode)
                 acl = reiserfs_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
                 reiserfs_read_unlock_xattrs(inode->i_sb);
                 reiserfs_read_unlock_xattr_i(inode);
-                ret = acl ? 1 : 0;
-                posix_acl_release(acl);
+                ret = (acl && !IS_ERR(acl));
+                if (ret)
+                        posix_acl_release(acl);
         }
 
         return ret;