diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
index b1ed4d9ea6beaf752c72136551f6c1ea1f067ad5..67a1de41c5b2f0bdb59dbe7dd329b5d3cf83016b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ int ll_setxattr_common(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
+	if ((xattr_type == XATTR_ACL_ACCESS_T ||
+	     xattr_type == XATTR_ACL_DEFAULT_T) &&
+	    !inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	/* b10667: ignore lustre special xattr for now */
 	if ((xattr_type == XATTR_TRUSTED_T && strcmp(name, "trusted.lov") == 0) ||
 	    (xattr_type == XATTR_LUSTRE_T && strcmp(name, "lustre.lov") == 0))