1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index d81ef2fdb08e..e0c745451715 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -129,12 +129,15 @@ fail:
 static inline struct posix_acl *
 ext3_iget_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl **i_acl)
 {
-        struct posix_acl *acl = EXT3_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
+        struct posix_acl *acl = ACCESS_ONCE(*i_acl);
 
-        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-        if (*i_acl != EXT3_ACL_NOT_CACHED)
-                acl = posix_acl_dup(*i_acl);
-        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+        if (acl) {
+                spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+                acl = *i_acl;
+                if (acl != EXT3_ACL_NOT_CACHED)
+                        acl = posix_acl_dup(acl);
+                spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+        }
 
         return acl;
 }