1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
index dabbce00712b..f02fdef463a7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
@@ -269,6 +269,13 @@ static void parse_dacl(struct cifs_acl *pdacl, char *end_of_acl,
 
         /* BB need to add parm so we can store the SID BB */
 
+        if (!pdacl) {
+                /* no DACL in the security descriptor, set
+                   all the permissions for user/group/other */
+                inode->i_mode |= S_IRWXUGO;
+                return;
+        }
+
         /* validate that we do not go past end of acl */
         if (end_of_acl < (char *)pdacl + le16_to_cpu(pdacl->size)) {
                 cERROR(1, ("ACL too small to parse DACL"));
@@ -286,12 +293,6 @@ static void parse_dacl(struct cifs_acl *pdacl, char *end_of_acl,
            user/group/other have no permissions */
         inode->i_mode &= ~(S_IRWXUGO);
 
-        if (!pdacl) {
-                /* no DACL in the security descriptor, set
-                   all the permissions for user/group/other */
-                inode->i_mode |= S_IRWXUGO;
-                return;
-        }
         acl_base = (char *)pdacl;
         acl_size = sizeof(struct cifs_acl);