diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.c b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
index ba9456685f47d761d51afae92a55328e2d54d78a..9c59ebe790b6ac9cae5f529ee2c9029e813b6fda 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ int gfs2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 	BUG_ON(name == NULL);
 
 	if (acl->a_count > GFS2_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -E2BIG;
 
 	if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS) {
 		umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;