1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.c b/fs/9p/acl.c
index c9da2640f6f1..02a2cf616318 100644
--- a/fs/9p/acl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
         case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
                 name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT;
                 if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
-                        retval = -EINVAL;
+                        retval = acl ? -EINVAL : 0;
                         goto err_out;
                 }
                 break;