1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
index c303c426fe2b..a1a7e3530e17 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static inline void iset_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl **i_acl,
         spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
         if (*i_acl != ERR_PTR(-ENODATA))
                 posix_acl_release(*i_acl);
-        *i_acl = posix_acl_dup(acl);
+        *i_acl = acl ? posix_acl_dup(acl) : ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
         spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }