1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index 9e49da8302d3..e4fa49e6c539 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -244,8 +244,11 @@ ext3_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
         struct posix_acl *acl;
 
-        if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
-                return -ECHILD;
+        if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU) {
+                if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
+                        return -ECHILD;
+                return -EAGAIN;
+        }
 
         acl = ext3_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
         if (IS_ERR(acl))