1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4acl.c
index b206e6cfcada..05c9b2f9427b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4acl.c
@@ -401,8 +401,10 @@ sort_pacl(struct posix_acl *pacl)
          * by uid/gid. */
         int i, j;
 
-        if (pacl->a_count <= 4)
-                return; /* no users or groups */
+        /* no users or groups */
+        if (!pacl || pacl->a_count <= 4)
+                return;
+
         i = 1;
         while (pacl->a_entries[i].e_tag == ACL_USER)
                 i++;
@@ -529,13 +531,12 @@ posix_state_to_acl(struct posix_acl_state *state, unsigned int flags)
 
         /*
          * ACLs with no ACEs are treated differently in the inheritable
-         * and effective cases: when there are no inheritable ACEs, we
-         * set a zero-length default posix acl:
+         * and effective cases: when there are no inheritable ACEs,
+         * calls ->set_acl with a NULL ACL structure.
          */
-        if (state->empty && (flags & NFS4_ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT)) {
-                pacl = posix_acl_alloc(0, GFP_KERNEL);
-                return pacl ? pacl : ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-        }
+        if (state->empty && (flags & NFS4_ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT))
+                return NULL;
+
         /*
          * When there are no effective ACEs, the following will end
          * up setting a 3-element effective posix ACL with all