1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 5d505aaa72fb..44ea5b92e1ba 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -178,12 +178,13 @@ static int btrfs_xattr_acl_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 
         if (value) {
                 acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(value, size);
+                if (IS_ERR(acl))
+                        return PTR_ERR(acl);
+
                 if (acl) {
                         ret = posix_acl_valid(acl);
                         if (ret)
                                 goto out;
-                } else if (IS_ERR(acl)) {
-                        return PTR_ERR(acl);
                 }
         }