if (acl) {
                spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
                acl = *i_acl;
-               if (acl != EXT3_ACL_NOT_CACHED)
+               if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
                        acl = posix_acl_dup(acl);
                spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
        }
                   struct posix_acl *acl)
 {
        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-       if (*i_acl != EXT3_ACL_NOT_CACHED)
+       if (*i_acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
                posix_acl_release(*i_acl);
        *i_acl = posix_acl_dup(acl);
        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 static struct posix_acl *
 ext3_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
-       struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
        int name_index;
        char *value = NULL;
        struct posix_acl *acl;
 
        switch(type) {
                case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
-                       acl = ext3_iget_acl(inode, &ei->i_acl);
-                       if (acl != EXT3_ACL_NOT_CACHED)
+                       acl = ext3_iget_acl(inode, &inode->i_acl);
+                       if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
                                return acl;
                        name_index = EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
                        break;
 
                case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
-                       acl = ext3_iget_acl(inode, &ei->i_default_acl);
-                       if (acl != EXT3_ACL_NOT_CACHED)
+                       acl = ext3_iget_acl(inode, &inode->i_default_acl);
+                       if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
                                return acl;
                        name_index = EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT;
                        break;
        if (!IS_ERR(acl)) {
                switch(type) {
                        case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
-                               ext3_iset_acl(inode, &ei->i_acl, acl);
+                               ext3_iset_acl(inode, &inode->i_acl, acl);
                                break;
 
                        case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
-                               ext3_iset_acl(inode, &ei->i_default_acl, acl);
+                               ext3_iset_acl(inode, &inode->i_default_acl, acl);
                                break;
                }
        }
 ext3_set_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int type,
             struct posix_acl *acl)
 {
-       struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
        int name_index;
        void *value = NULL;
        size_t size = 0;
        if (!error) {
                switch(type) {
                        case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
-                               ext3_iset_acl(inode, &ei->i_acl, acl);
+                               ext3_iset_acl(inode, &inode->i_acl, acl);
                                break;
 
                        case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
-                               ext3_iset_acl(inode, &ei->i_default_acl, acl);
+                               ext3_iset_acl(inode, &inode->i_default_acl, acl);
                                break;
                }
        }
 
        ei = kmem_cache_alloc(ext3_inode_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
        if (!ei)
                return NULL;
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
-       ei->i_acl = EXT3_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-       ei->i_default_acl = EXT3_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-#endif
        ei->i_block_alloc_info = NULL;
        ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
        return &ei->vfs_inode;
 static void ext3_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
        struct ext3_block_alloc_info *rsv = EXT3_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info;
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
-       if (EXT3_I(inode)->i_acl &&
-                       EXT3_I(inode)->i_acl != EXT3_ACL_NOT_CACHED) {
-               posix_acl_release(EXT3_I(inode)->i_acl);
-               EXT3_I(inode)->i_acl = EXT3_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-       }
-       if (EXT3_I(inode)->i_default_acl &&
-                       EXT3_I(inode)->i_default_acl != EXT3_ACL_NOT_CACHED) {
-               posix_acl_release(EXT3_I(inode)->i_default_acl);
-               EXT3_I(inode)->i_default_acl = EXT3_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-       }
-#endif
        ext3_discard_reservation(inode);
        EXT3_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info = NULL;
        if (unlikely(rsv))