1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index 74e469ccdf50..a5c29bb3b835 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -198,12 +198,10 @@ ext4_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
         case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
                 name_index = EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
                 if (acl) {
-                        mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
-                        error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+                        error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
                         if (error < 0)
                                 return error;
                         else {
-                                inode->i_mode = mode;
                                 inode->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(inode);
                                 ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
                                 if (error == 0)