diff --git a/fs/afs/security.c b/fs/afs/security.c
index f44b9d35537713c4bba6013e74be36013f2cca6e..745ee654165f90d95219483b6d4186bebd47f03b 100644
--- a/fs/afs/security.c
+++ b/fs/afs/security.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ int afs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 	}
 
 	key_put(key);
-	ret = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
+	ret = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags);
 	_leave(" = %d", ret);
 	return ret;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 3601f0aebddf61931906f2cbe49d5559778e5e51..f0bd873715666e2c2ca287eb87fd8861ee2febff 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7339,7 +7339,7 @@ static int btrfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 		return -EROFS;
 	if ((BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_READONLY) && (mask & MAY_WRITE))
 		return -EACCES;
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, btrfs_check_acl);
+	return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags);
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_dir_inode_operations = {
@@ -7359,10 +7359,12 @@ static const struct inode_operations btrfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr	= btrfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= btrfs_removexattr,
 	.permission	= btrfs_permission,
+	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
 };
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_dir_ro_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= btrfs_lookup,
 	.permission	= btrfs_permission,
+	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
 };
 
 static const struct file_operations btrfs_dir_file_operations = {
@@ -7431,6 +7433,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations btrfs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.removexattr	= btrfs_removexattr,
 	.permission	= btrfs_permission,
 	.fiemap		= btrfs_fiemap,
+	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
 };
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_special_inode_operations = {
 	.getattr	= btrfs_getattr,
@@ -7440,6 +7443,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations btrfs_special_inode_operations = {
 	.getxattr	= btrfs_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= btrfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= btrfs_removexattr,
+	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
 };
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.readlink	= generic_readlink,
@@ -7451,6 +7455,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations btrfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.getxattr	= btrfs_getxattr,
 	.listxattr	= btrfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= btrfs_removexattr,
+	.check_acl	= btrfs_check_acl,
 };
 
 const struct dentry_operations btrfs_dentry_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index d8858e96ab1870d62f1597185f87a2c8fb93f34a..beb5d55d6fd23c56c7db5c20d65d1af860b0891c 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ int ceph_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 	err = ceph_do_getattr(inode, CEPH_CAP_AUTH_SHARED);
 
 	if (!err)
-		err = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
+		err = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index bc4b12ca537bfaf1a6556cf0b1df5a4bc8af25ac..b79804fa410fa3ee0772e730441e828c62499222 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static int cifs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 		on the client (above and beyond ACL on servers) for
 		servers which do not support setting and viewing mode bits,
 		so allowing client to check permissions is useful */
-		return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
+		return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags);
 }
 
 static struct kmem_cache *cifs_inode_cachep;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index d501607145951d7b5f4b1ac62e230eae27e6e452..0a2fcd860ad659fd8393f93a12de52daf650681a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 	}
 
 	if (fc->flags & FUSE_DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS) {
-		err = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
+		err = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags);
 
 		/* If permission is denied, try to refresh file
 		   attributes.  This is also needed, because the root
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 			err = fuse_perm_getattr(inode, flags);
 			if (!err)
 				err = generic_permission(inode, mask,
-							flags, NULL);
+							flags);
 		}
 
 		/* Note: the opposite of the above test does not
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 03e0c529063e45042985fef09518ecd52b7be085..d5f0f4ea25dc63c112220982e3435d883a606a15 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 	if ((mask & MAY_WRITE) && IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
 		error = -EACCES;
 	else
-		error = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, gfs2_check_acl);
+		error = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags);
 	if (unlock)
 		gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&i_gh);
 
@@ -1854,6 +1854,7 @@ const struct inode_operations gfs2_file_iops = {
 	.listxattr = gfs2_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
 	.fiemap = gfs2_fiemap,
+	.check_acl = gfs2_check_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops = {
@@ -1874,6 +1875,7 @@ const struct inode_operations gfs2_dir_iops = {
 	.listxattr = gfs2_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
 	.fiemap = gfs2_fiemap,
+	.check_acl = gfs2_check_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations gfs2_symlink_iops = {
@@ -1888,5 +1890,6 @@ const struct inode_operations gfs2_symlink_iops = {
 	.listxattr = gfs2_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = gfs2_removexattr,
 	.fiemap = gfs2_fiemap,
+	.check_acl = gfs2_check_acl,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 2638c834ed281db783f6a7cd5ef24e2edb2047e4..a98d0d1aef653377fc4ce8b4bbe0d2b853f1cf38 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ int hostfs_permission(struct inode *ino, int desired, unsigned int flags)
 		err = access_file(name, r, w, x);
 	__putname(name);
 	if (!err)
-		err = generic_permission(ino, desired, flags, NULL);
+		err = generic_permission(ino, desired, flags);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index acf95dab2aac97e38ae6a5d8209c70f107189ef9..bd2ce7dd8df3d2b21e124d68a4bb387ea2347674 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static int hpfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 			hpfs_unlock(dir->i_sb);
 			return -ENOSPC;
 		}
-		if (generic_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE, 0, NULL) ||
+		if (generic_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE, 0) ||
 		    !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) ||
 		    get_write_access(inode)) {
 			d_rehash(dentry);
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index d286cbc3f3e5ff8ec2e9cd052a9af3269db20519..c5af0f37e67d73e36e9aff641aa4885a546fefd9 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(putname);
 /*
  * This does basic POSIX ACL permission checking
  */
-static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags,
-		int (*check_acl)(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags))
+static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
+	int (*check_acl)(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 	unsigned int mode = inode->i_mode;
 
 	mask &= MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC;
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flag
 	if (current_fsuid() == inode->i_uid)
 		mode >>= 6;
 	else {
+		check_acl = inode->i_op->check_acl;
 		if (IS_POSIXACL(inode) && (mode & S_IRWXG) && check_acl) {
 			int error = check_acl(inode, mask, flags);
 			if (error != -EAGAIN)
@@ -212,7 +213,6 @@ static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flag
  * generic_permission -  check for access rights on a Posix-like filesystem
  * @inode:	inode to check access rights for
  * @mask:	right to check for (%MAY_READ, %MAY_WRITE, %MAY_EXEC)
- * @check_acl:	optional callback to check for Posix ACLs
  * @flags:	IPERM_FLAG_ flags.
  *
  * Used to check for read/write/execute permissions on a file.
@@ -224,15 +224,14 @@ static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flag
  * request cannot be satisfied (eg. requires blocking or too much complexity).
  * It would then be called again in ref-walk mode.
  */
-int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags,
-	int (*check_acl)(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags))
+int generic_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * Do the basic POSIX ACL permission checks.
 	 */
-	ret = acl_permission_check(inode, mask, flags, check_acl);
+	ret = acl_permission_check(inode, mask, flags);
 	if (ret != -EACCES)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -290,8 +289,7 @@ int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	if (inode->i_op->permission)
 		retval = inode->i_op->permission(inode, mask, 0);
 	else
-		retval = generic_permission(inode, mask, 0,
-				inode->i_op->check_acl);
+		retval = generic_permission(inode, mask, 0);
 
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
@@ -326,8 +324,7 @@ static inline int exec_permission(struct inode *inode, unsigned int flags)
 		if (likely(!ret))
 			goto ok;
 	} else {
-		ret = acl_permission_check(inode, MAY_EXEC, flags,
-				inode->i_op->check_acl);
+		ret = acl_permission_check(inode, MAY_EXEC, flags);
 		if (likely(!ret))
 			goto ok;
 		if (ret != -EACCES)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index ededdbd0db389197d2732174856e794ec72b6ead..0485dca34fb10b058c70989d15aaf51f348d9fc7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2328,7 +2328,7 @@ int nfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 out_notsup:
 	res = nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode);
 	if (res == 0)
-		res = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
+		res = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags);
 	goto out;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index b9b45fc2903e6c38f52410a23bbe258032edd872..650aa7755003f050c29d48677367acfcf7dff6c9 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 	    root->cno != NILFS_CPTREE_CURRENT_CNO)
 		return -EROFS; /* snapshot is not writable */
 
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
+	return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags);
 }
 
 int nilfs_load_inode_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **pbh)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index b1e35a392ca5279d7aa7d645aa75fd8c101c6d05..d058cb7e12d4c0e0856ac59706f8be9ef68a32f5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, ocfs2_check_acl);
+	ret = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags);
 
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 0);
 out:
@@ -2593,12 +2593,14 @@ const struct inode_operations ocfs2_file_iops = {
 	.listxattr	= ocfs2_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 	.fiemap		= ocfs2_fiemap,
+	.check_acl	= ocfs2_check_acl,
 };
 
 const struct inode_operations ocfs2_special_file_iops = {
 	.setattr	= ocfs2_setattr,
 	.getattr	= ocfs2_getattr,
 	.permission	= ocfs2_permission,
+	.check_acl	= ocfs2_check_acl,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index e5d738cd9cc0540d508873818bd0b6035f2c1f20..33889dc52dd7ee4d856ab482b6ca13cf1b47bb46 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -2498,4 +2498,5 @@ const struct inode_operations ocfs2_dir_iops = {
 	.listxattr	= ocfs2_listxattr,
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 	.fiemap         = ocfs2_fiemap,
+	.check_acl	= ocfs2_check_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index fc5bc27676926cccbc27f3349886e02bbc047211..8b84701135763b69a1f94873a549dd80156e824f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2169,7 +2169,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_fd_operations = {
  */
 static int proc_fd_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	int rv = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
+	int rv = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags);
 	if (rv == 0)
 		return 0;
 	if (task_pid(current) == proc_pid(inode))
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index 91f080cc76c8d98e9ad94625eb56843d17e6ba15..bbf31003d308824791c206951e86539ffe5301d7 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -312,4 +312,5 @@ const struct inode_operations reiserfs_file_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr = reiserfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = reiserfs_removexattr,
 	.permission = reiserfs_permission,
+	.check_acl = reiserfs_check_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index 118662690cdf7a88c88074a88fab26bff94fd3f3..551f1b79dbc479a810a849df2f9ce1a118ead575 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -1529,6 +1529,7 @@ const struct inode_operations reiserfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr = reiserfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = reiserfs_removexattr,
 	.permission = reiserfs_permission,
+	.check_acl = reiserfs_check_acl,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1545,6 +1546,7 @@ const struct inode_operations reiserfs_symlink_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr = reiserfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = reiserfs_removexattr,
 	.permission = reiserfs_permission,
+	.check_acl = reiserfs_check_acl,
 
 };
 
@@ -1558,5 +1560,5 @@ const struct inode_operations reiserfs_special_inode_operations = {
 	.listxattr = reiserfs_listxattr,
 	.removexattr = reiserfs_removexattr,
 	.permission = reiserfs_permission,
-
+	.check_acl = reiserfs_check_acl,
 };
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index d78089690965b3540344ea8fafbd9403fe825cf8..ddc5301d2986eb09d1eb0ab201f34552ff2cb20e 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -868,11 +868,17 @@ ssize_t reiserfs_listxattr(struct dentry * dentry, char *buffer, size_t size)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int reiserfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
+int reiserfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	int error = -EAGAIN; /* do regular unix permission checks by default */
 
+	/*
+	 * Stat data v1 doesn't support ACLs.
+	 */
+	if (get_inode_sd_version(inode) == STAT_DATA_V1)
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
 	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
@@ -961,15 +967,7 @@ int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 	if (IS_PRIVATE(inode))
 		return 0;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
-	/*
-	 * Stat data v1 doesn't support ACLs.
-	 */
-	if (get_inode_sd_version(inode) != STAT_DATA_V1)
-		return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags,
-					reiserfs_check_acl);
-#endif
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
+	return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags);
 }
 
 static int xattr_hide_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 0a12eb89cd32b544aa720804d2836c4c6d2c8a3c..a37165c64757c5e0ed219815db8791af74ea3eaf 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -362,5 +362,5 @@ int sysfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 	sysfs_refresh_inode(sd, inode);
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, NULL);
+	return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 8c84ed930389f63a68f85cd25fe8839c1f110049..0c15d5e459d5418c8a73e3b0e2984aa90a54f1fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2187,8 +2187,7 @@ extern sector_t bmap(struct inode *, sector_t);
 #endif
 extern int notify_change(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern int inode_permission(struct inode *, int);
-extern int generic_permission(struct inode *, int, unsigned int,
-		int (*check_acl)(struct inode *, int, unsigned int));
+extern int generic_permission(struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
 
 static inline bool execute_ok(struct inode *inode)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
index 6deef5dc95fb033493bde8e775fba572c47ee1ef..1a3ca8f802000d245ac1e258cbbe1a69753045db 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 #define has_xattr_dir(inode) (REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags & i_has_xattr_dir)
+int reiserfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags);
 ssize_t reiserfs_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 			  void *buffer, size_t size);
 int reiserfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ static inline void reiserfs_init_xattr_rwsem(struct inode *inode)
 #define reiserfs_setxattr NULL
 #define reiserfs_listxattr NULL
 #define reiserfs_removexattr NULL
+#define reiserfs_check_acl NULL
 
 static inline void reiserfs_init_xattr_rwsem(struct inode *inode)
 {