1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/generic_acl.c b/fs/generic_acl.c
index 3a60d9d1653c..134782116a62 100644
--- a/fs/generic_acl.c
+++ b/fs/generic_acl.c
@@ -134,14 +134,8 @@ generic_acl_init(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
         if (acl) {
                 struct posix_acl *clone;
 
-                if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
-                        clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
-                        error = -ENOMEM;
-                        if (!clone)
-                                goto cleanup;
-                        set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, clone);
-                        posix_acl_release(clone);
-                }
+                if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+                        set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, acl);
                 clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
                 error = -ENOMEM;
                 if (!clone)