diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smbacl.c b/fs/smb/server/smbacl.c
index 6d6cfb6957a99e7a9760387d131e7753113ab6a8..0a5862a61c7737546a0e2797aed8123d004b0cc0 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smbacl.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smbacl.c
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ int smb_check_perm_dacl(struct ksmbd_conn *conn, const struct path *path,
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL)) {
 		posix_acls = get_inode_acl(d_inode(path->dentry), ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-		if (posix_acls && !found) {
+		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(posix_acls) && !found) {
 			unsigned int id = -1;
 
 			pa_entry = posix_acls->a_entries;
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ int smb_check_perm_dacl(struct ksmbd_conn *conn, const struct path *path,
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		if (posix_acls)
+		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(posix_acls))
 			posix_acl_release(posix_acls);
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/vfs.c b/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
index 6f302919e9f77021c6881b5aa41a4286943205f3..f9fb778247e7499e374b6365a6a0f733751287b8 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ static struct xattr_smb_acl *ksmbd_vfs_make_xattr_posix_acl(struct mnt_idmap *id
 		return NULL;
 
 	posix_acls = get_inode_acl(inode, acl_type);
-	if (!posix_acls)
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(posix_acls))
 		return NULL;
 
 	smb_acl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct xattr_smb_acl) +
@@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ int ksmbd_vfs_inherit_posix_acl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	acls = get_inode_acl(parent_inode, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
-	if (!acls)
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(acls))
 		return -ENOENT;
 	pace = acls->a_entries;