diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
index b468e041f207a339717dab4365f70fd24a66e03c..7034e17535dee2fbce449e72a4505341234a718e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ xfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	return acl;
 }
 
-STATIC int
-__xfs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
+int
+__xfs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 {
 	struct xfs_inode *ip = XFS_I(inode);
 	unsigned char *ea_name;
@@ -268,5 +268,5 @@ xfs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 	}
 
  set_acl:
-	return __xfs_set_acl(inode, type, acl);
+	return __xfs_set_acl(inode, acl, type);
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
index 286fa89217f5cbeda44bed3f28698690e1efe06e..04327318ef676c2cff237ee9334a8e562654a826 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct posix_acl;
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFS_POSIX_ACL
 extern struct posix_acl *xfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);
 extern int xfs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type);
+extern int __xfs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type);
 #else
 static inline struct posix_acl *xfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index ebfc13350f9ae8b43b0229948588192560b51683..077e2b2ac773453dc1afea4c1d635aeb52578ce3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -190,12 +190,12 @@ xfs_generic_create(
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFS_POSIX_ACL
 	if (default_acl) {
-		error = xfs_set_acl(inode, default_acl, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
+		error = __xfs_set_acl(inode, default_acl, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_cleanup_inode;
 	}
 	if (acl) {
-		error = xfs_set_acl(inode, acl, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+		error = __xfs_set_acl(inode, acl, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_cleanup_inode;
 	}