1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index 328592c3a956..638c13a26c03 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ ext3_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
         struct posix_acl *acl = ext3_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 
+        if (IS_ERR(acl))
+                return PTR_ERR(acl);
         if (acl) {
                 int error = posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask);
                 posix_acl_release(acl);