diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.c b/fs/ext2/acl.c
index dd9bb3f0c8d7d15a89d806fcca1272d295edfbc0..7b4180554a62a3c9ce2807487477d93485602bf3 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.c
@@ -236,8 +236,11 @@ ext2_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
-		return -ECHILD;
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU) {
+		if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
+			return -ECHILD;
+		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
 
 	acl = ext2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl))
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index 9e49da8302d395c98ed3296b1f5c001c7a44c393..e4fa49e6c539310c2a4c67de8ae8fb7f647c7ec2 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -244,8 +244,11 @@ ext3_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
-		return -ECHILD;
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU) {
+		if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
+			return -ECHILD;
+		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
 
 	acl = ext3_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl))
diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index 373dcaeedba921e5c5a02eef301f7e99f5b4d9e4..e0270d1f8d82b68e8823cccc4db7539fb9a34f5b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -242,8 +242,11 @@ ext4_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
-		return -ECHILD;
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU) {
+		if (!negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS))
+			return -ECHILD;
+		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
 
 	acl = ext4_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	if (IS_ERR(acl))