diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
index 89b6468700e770215cb063843b6a983bbfece208..451112ff9aa47cda581abb6f4c028a5ca4379f77 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
@@ -113,6 +113,69 @@ int nfs3_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 	return nfs3_proc_setacl(inode, type, NULL);
 }
 
+static void __nfs3_forget_cached_acls(struct nfs_inode *nfsi)
+{
+	if (nfsi->acl_access != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN)) {
+		posix_acl_release(nfsi->acl_access);
+		nfsi->acl_access = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+	}
+	if (nfsi->acl_default != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN)) {
+		posix_acl_release(nfsi->acl_default);
+		nfsi->acl_default = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+	}
+}
+
+void nfs3_forget_cached_acls(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	dprintk("NFS: nfs3_forget_cached_acls(%s/%ld)\n", inode->i_sb->s_id,
+		inode->i_ino);
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	__nfs3_forget_cached_acls(NFS_I(inode));
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+}
+
+static struct posix_acl *nfs3_get_cached_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
+{
+	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
+	struct posix_acl *acl = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	switch(type) {
+		case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
+			acl = nfsi->acl_access;
+			break;
+
+		case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
+			acl = nfsi->acl_default;
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+	if (acl == ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN))
+		acl = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+	else
+		acl = posix_acl_dup(acl);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	dprintk("NFS: nfs3_get_cached_acl(%s/%ld, %d) = %p\n", inode->i_sb->s_id,
+		inode->i_ino, type, acl);
+	return acl;
+}
+
+static void nfs3_cache_acls(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl,
+		    struct posix_acl *dfacl)
+{
+	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
+
+	dprintk("nfs3_cache_acls(%s/%ld, %p, %p)\n", inode->i_sb->s_id,
+		inode->i_ino, acl, dfacl);
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	__nfs3_forget_cached_acls(NFS_I(inode));
+	nfsi->acl_access = posix_acl_dup(acl);
+	nfsi->acl_default = posix_acl_dup(dfacl);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+}
+
 struct posix_acl *nfs3_proc_getacl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
@@ -126,26 +189,32 @@ struct posix_acl *nfs3_proc_getacl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	struct nfs3_getaclres res = {
 		.fattr =	&fattr,
 	};
-	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
+	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	int status, count;
 
 	if (!nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_ACLS))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
 
-	switch (type) {
-		case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
-			args.mask = NFS_ACLCNT|NFS_ACL;
-			break;
-
-		case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
-			if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-				return NULL;
-			args.mask = NFS_DFACLCNT|NFS_DFACL;
-			break;
-
-		default:
-			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-	}
+	status = nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
+	if (status < 0)
+		return ERR_PTR(status);
+	acl = nfs3_get_cached_acl(inode, type);
+	if (acl != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN))
+		return acl;
+	acl = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Only get the access acl when explicitly requested: We don't
+	 * need it for access decisions, and only some applications use
+	 * it. Applications which request the access acl first are not
+	 * penalized from this optimization.
+	 */
+	if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS)
+		args.mask |= NFS_ACLCNT|NFS_ACL;
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+		args.mask |= NFS_DFACLCNT|NFS_DFACL;
+	if (args.mask == 0)
+		return NULL;
 
 	dprintk("NFS call getacl\n");
 	status = rpc_call(server->client_acl, ACLPROC3_GETACL,
@@ -180,6 +249,7 @@ struct posix_acl *nfs3_proc_getacl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 			res.acl_access = NULL;
 		}
 	}
+	nfs3_cache_acls(inode, res.acl_access, res.acl_default);
 
 	switch(type) {
 		case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
index a9ddc196224d95de237b1119548a0262c9f02755..7851569b31c63f03a5095f503d0b1b18183273d4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3proc.c
@@ -882,4 +882,5 @@ struct nfs_rpc_ops	nfs_v3_clientops = {
 	.file_open	= nfs_open,
 	.file_release	= nfs_release,
 	.lock		= nfs3_proc_lock,
+	.clear_acl_cache = nfs3_forget_cached_acls,
 };
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 7662c5131b47411b95f779fa09094d32f2a26572..4ceac9ddac932904d7dfbb0970b824cfac1175e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ struct nfs_open_context {
  */
 struct nfs_delegation;
 
+struct posix_acl;
+
 /*
  * nfs fs inode data in memory
  */
@@ -144,6 +146,10 @@ struct nfs_inode {
 	atomic_t		data_updates;
 
 	struct nfs_access_entry	cache_access;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL
+	struct posix_acl	*acl_access;
+	struct posix_acl	*acl_default;
+#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * This is the cookie verifier used for NFSv3 readdir
@@ -480,6 +486,7 @@ extern int nfs3_proc_setacl(struct inode *inode, int type,
 			    struct posix_acl *acl);
 extern int nfs3_proc_set_default_acl(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode,
 		mode_t mode);
+extern void nfs3_forget_cached_acls(struct inode *inode);
 #else
 static inline int nfs3_proc_set_default_acl(struct inode *dir,
 					    struct inode *inode,
@@ -487,6 +494,10 @@ static inline int nfs3_proc_set_default_acl(struct inode *dir,
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline void nfs3_forget_cached_acls(struct inode *inode)
+{
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL */
 
 /*