diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
index 83bbee277e12ec795dde29cf279b7eb96af961bc..253a07d9aa7b359fcb0296e859a57b0dc5492c30 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
@@ -475,12 +475,6 @@ static noinline int ntfs_set_ea(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NTFS3_FS_POSIX_ACL
-static inline void ntfs_posix_acl_release(struct posix_acl *acl)
-{
-	if (acl && refcount_dec_and_test(&acl->a_refcount))
-		kfree(acl);
-}
-
 static struct posix_acl *ntfs_get_acl_ex(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 					 struct inode *inode, int type,
 					 int locked)
@@ -641,7 +635,7 @@ static int ntfs_xattr_get_acl(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 		return -ENODATA;
 
 	err = posix_acl_to_xattr(mnt_userns, acl, buffer, size);
-	ntfs_posix_acl_release(acl);
+	posix_acl_release(acl);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -678,7 +672,7 @@ static int ntfs_xattr_set_acl(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 	err = ntfs_set_acl(mnt_userns, inode, acl, type);
 
 release_and_out:
-	ntfs_posix_acl_release(acl);
+	posix_acl_release(acl);
 	return err;
 }