diff --git a/fs/f2fs/acl.c b/fs/f2fs/acl.c
index dbe2141d10ad7d77e67804ec3a8ee0e843a71486..83b9b5a8d11203d2a2f6749a2841d0473752a5a2 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/acl.c
@@ -203,12 +203,6 @@ static int __f2fs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type,
 	size_t size = 0;
 	int error;
 
-	if (acl) {
-		error = posix_acl_valid(acl);
-		if (error < 0)
-			return error;
-	}
-
 	switch (type) {
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		name_index = F2FS_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;