diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
index 9a5ca03fa539..871d6eda8dba 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct posix_acl *nfs3_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	}
 
 	if (res.acl_access != NULL) {
-		if (posix_acl_equiv_mode(res.acl_access, NULL) ||
+		if ((posix_acl_equiv_mode(res.acl_access, NULL) == 0) ||
 		    res.acl_access->a_count == 0) {
 			posix_acl_release(res.acl_access);
 			res.acl_access = NULL;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct posix_acl *nfs3_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	return ERR_PTR(status);
 }
 
-int nfs3_proc_setacls(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl,
+static int __nfs3_proc_setacls(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl,
 		struct posix_acl *dfacl)
 {
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
@@ -198,6 +198,15 @@ int nfs3_proc_setacls(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl,
 	return status;
 }
 
+int nfs3_proc_setacls(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl,
+		struct posix_acl *dfacl)
+{
+	int ret;
+	ret = __nfs3_proc_setacls(inode, acl, dfacl);
+	return (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP) ? 0 : ret;
+
+}
+
 int nfs3_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *alloc = NULL, *dfacl = NULL;
@@ -225,7 +234,7 @@ int nfs3_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 		if (IS_ERR(alloc))
 			goto fail;
 	}
-	status = nfs3_proc_setacls(inode, acl, dfacl);
+	status = __nfs3_proc_setacls(inode, acl, dfacl);
 	posix_acl_release(alloc);
 	return status;
 
@@ -233,25 +242,6 @@ int nfs3_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 	return PTR_ERR(alloc);
 }
 
-int nfs3_proc_set_default_acl(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode,
-		umode_t mode)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *default_acl, *acl;
-	int error;
-
-	error = posix_acl_create(dir, &mode, &default_acl, &acl);
-	if (error)
-		return (error == -EOPNOTSUPP) ? 0 : error;
-
-	error = nfs3_proc_setacls(inode, acl, default_acl);
-
-	if (acl)
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-	if (default_acl)
-		posix_acl_release(default_acl);
-	return error;
-}
-
 const struct xattr_handler *nfs3_xattr_handlers[] = {
 	&posix_acl_access_xattr_handler,
 	&posix_acl_default_xattr_handler,
diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 38bae5a0ea25..11c54fd51e16 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -521,8 +521,11 @@ posix_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode, umode_t mode)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	acl = get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(acl))
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(acl)) {
+		if (acl == ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP))
+			return 0;
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
+	}
 
 	ret = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, mode);
 	if (ret)
@@ -544,14 +547,15 @@ posix_acl_create(struct inode *dir, umode_t *mode,
 		goto no_acl;
 
 	p = get_acl(dir, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
-	if (IS_ERR(p))
+	if (IS_ERR(p)) {
+		if (p == ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP))
+			goto apply_umask;
 		return PTR_ERR(p);
-
-	if (!p) {
-		*mode &= ~current_umask();
-		goto no_acl;
 	}
 
+	if (!p)
+		goto apply_umask;
+
 	*acl = posix_acl_clone(p, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!*acl)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -575,6 +579,8 @@ posix_acl_create(struct inode *dir, umode_t *mode,
 	}
 	return 0;
 
+apply_umask:
+	*mode &= ~current_umask();
 no_acl:
 	*default_acl = NULL;
 	*acl = NULL;