diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.c b/fs/9p/acl.c
index ad734e3220cf5e7089b43b7ba8ed3e05ce2a5296..9a1d426307510135444da722883e570fe52410b9 100644
--- a/fs/9p/acl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS;
 		if (acl) {
-			mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
+			umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
 			retval = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
 			if (retval < 0)
 				goto err_out;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 59086142c14d7427d1c8240bbd55eea7ada06033..4cc5c0164ed650224655704d3b9eea48832a1cfd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ static int btrfs_set_acl(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	int ret, size = 0;
 	const char *name;
 	char *value = NULL;
-	mode_t mode;
 
 	if (acl) {
 		ret = posix_acl_valid(acl);
@@ -122,13 +121,11 @@ static int btrfs_set_acl(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
-		mode = inode->i_mode;
 		name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS;
 		if (acl) {
-			ret = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+			ret = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
-			inode->i_mode = mode;
 		}
 		ret = 0;
 		break;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.c b/fs/ext2/acl.c
index 0ce740489ab140c88eeba18471afc9bdb08d2310..35d6a3cfd9ff3a5c6562adb46fc614595ff4c718 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.c
@@ -194,12 +194,10 @@ ext2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
 		case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 			name_index = EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
 			if (acl) {
-				mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
-				error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+				error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
 				if (error < 0)
 					return error;
 				else {
-					inode->i_mode = mode;
 					inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 					mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 					if (error == 0)
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index 74a3c6486f8fc3817271f3fe4724ae6ad3f84db1..3091f62e55b680ae567817c50a6bda3161753895 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -199,12 +199,10 @@ ext3_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
 		case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 			name_index = EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
 			if (acl) {
-				mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
-				error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+				error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
 				if (error < 0)
 					return error;
 				else {
-					inode->i_mode = mode;
 					inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 					ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 					if (error == 0)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index 74e469ccdf50ca18ed797bf80f2fbd464e118973..a5c29bb3b835d7c528d0b9f65ce3436e8b7f9181 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -198,12 +198,10 @@ ext4_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		name_index = EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
 		if (acl) {
-			mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
-			error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+			error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
 			if (error < 0)
 				return error;
 			else {
-				inode->i_mode = mode;
 				inode->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(inode);
 				ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 				if (error == 0)
diff --git a/fs/generic_acl.c b/fs/generic_acl.c
index 2dd434d6ff29dc4cb224b200e2847132fc970d22..d0dddaceac594888c96388b5ed82f7ab33bc9846 100644
--- a/fs/generic_acl.c
+++ b/fs/generic_acl.c
@@ -82,18 +82,14 @@ generic_acl_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
 			return PTR_ERR(acl);
 	}
 	if (acl) {
-		mode_t mode;
-
 		error = posix_acl_valid(acl);
 		if (error)
 			goto failed;
 		switch (type) {
 		case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
-			mode = inode->i_mode;
-			error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+			error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
 			if (error < 0)
 				goto failed;
-			inode->i_mode = mode;
 			inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 			if (error == 0) {
 				posix_acl_release(acl);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.c b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
index 0ac3c53f928fc8216ce3eaabc9cd6d10beb91d36..34501b64bc47a416993677b641b30fe64a84d13c 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int gfs2_xattr_system_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		goto out_release;
 
 	if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS) {
-		mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
+		umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
 		error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
 
 		if (error <= 0) {
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/acl.c b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
index 6372a84728d70c3ab02515d7be9b1f6acc7251df..926d02068a142c6ac4b5ac4cb7f02fec0b666937 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static int jffs2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		xprefix = JFFS2_XPREFIX_ACL_ACCESS;
 		if (acl) {
-			mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
+			umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
 			rc = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
 			if (rc < 0)
 				return rc;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/xattr.c b/fs/jfs/xattr.c
index 24838f1eeee5c0f5093d96fef01c80d1835991ea..e87fedef23db7938aa7b38f64f385b0615e193b4 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/xattr.c
@@ -693,8 +693,7 @@ static int can_set_system_xattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 			return rc;
 		}
 		if (acl) {
-			mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
-			rc = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+			rc = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
 			posix_acl_release(acl);
 			if (rc < 0) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR
@@ -702,7 +701,6 @@ static int can_set_system_xattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 				       rc);
 				return rc;
 			}
-			inode->i_mode = mode;
 			mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 		}
 		/*
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
index fbafc6e36e251a9409d3d349b462fbd6141cabd6..a7219075b4deddcd7881a9b3a5c1586f731d36f2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static int ocfs2_set_acl(handle_t *handle,
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		name_index = OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
 		if (acl) {
-			mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
+			umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
 			ret = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index f0a017edee1e365316176844e96e495f66ff54d6..3d943be6761c9ffd27c3f732345307da01d604d6 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ posix_acl_valid(const struct posix_acl *acl)
  * file mode permission bits, or else 1. Returns -E... on error.
  */
 int
-posix_acl_equiv_mode(const struct posix_acl *acl, mode_t *mode_p)
+posix_acl_equiv_mode(const struct posix_acl *acl, umode_t *mode_p)
 {
 	const struct posix_acl_entry *pa, *pe;
-	mode_t mode = 0;
+	umode_t mode = 0;
 	int not_equiv = 0;
 
 	FOREACH_ACL_ENTRY(pa, acl, pe) {
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
index 89ebc77e0e9a17b74272fa22b6359b8d01f41e8e..6da0396e50528b2ac676c3a8d0aef72d3231ff16 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
@@ -272,12 +272,10 @@ reiserfs_set_acl(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th, struct inode *inode,
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS;
 		if (acl) {
-			mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
-			error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+			error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
 			if (error < 0)
 				return error;
 			else {
-				inode->i_mode = mode;
 				if (error == 0)
 					acl = NULL;
 			}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
index bb85500e0b888a6a7e0417d7d54b0ea40c90a810..b6c4b3795c4a000ce27ac3799b5c39ae6c8044e9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_acl.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ xfs_xattr_acl_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		goto out_release;
 
 	if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS) {
-		mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
+		umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
 		error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
 
 		if (error <= 0) {
diff --git a/include/linux/posix_acl.h b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
index bd8d0050d725e08ff11f38b07452becca398fd58..529c32ad58c0b0c5ddfdecf794f86aa37089ffd1 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ extern struct posix_acl *posix_acl_alloc(int, gfp_t);
 extern int posix_acl_valid(const struct posix_acl *);
 extern int posix_acl_permission(struct inode *, const struct posix_acl *, int);
 extern struct posix_acl *posix_acl_from_mode(mode_t, gfp_t);
-extern int posix_acl_equiv_mode(const struct posix_acl *, mode_t *);
+extern int posix_acl_equiv_mode(const struct posix_acl *, umode_t *);
 extern int posix_acl_create(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, umode_t *);
 extern int posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, mode_t);