int v9fs_acl_chmod(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
        int retval = 0;
-       struct posix_acl *acl, *clone;
+       struct posix_acl *acl;
        struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 
        if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
        acl = v9fs_get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        if (acl) {
-               clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
+               retval = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+               if (retval)
+                       return retval;
+               retval = v9fs_set_acl(dentry, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
                posix_acl_release(acl);
-               if (!clone)
-                       return -ENOMEM;
-               retval = posix_acl_chmod_masq(clone, inode->i_mode);
-               if (!retval)
-                       retval = v9fs_set_acl(dentry, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, clone);
-               posix_acl_release(clone);
        }
        return retval;
 }
 
 
 int btrfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 {
-       struct posix_acl *acl, *clone;
+       struct posix_acl *acl;
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
        if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(acl))
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
 
-       clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
+       ret = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+       ret = btrfs_set_acl(NULL, inode, acl, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        posix_acl_release(acl);
-       if (!clone)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
-       ret = posix_acl_chmod_masq(clone, inode->i_mode);
-       if (!ret)
-               ret = btrfs_set_acl(NULL, inode, clone, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
-
-       posix_acl_release(clone);
-
        return ret;
 }
 
 
 int
 ext2_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 {
-       struct posix_acl *acl, *clone;
+       struct posix_acl *acl;
         int error;
 
        if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, POSIX_ACL))
        acl = ext2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-       clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
+       error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+       if (error)
+               return error;
+       error = ext2_set_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
        posix_acl_release(acl);
-       if (!clone)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-       error = posix_acl_chmod_masq(clone, inode->i_mode);
-       if (!error)
-               error = ext2_set_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, clone);
-       posix_acl_release(clone);
        return error;
 }
 
 
 int
 ext3_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 {
-       struct posix_acl *acl, *clone;
+       struct posix_acl *acl;
+       handle_t *handle;
+       int retries = 0;
         int error;
 
        if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
        acl = ext3_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-       clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
-       posix_acl_release(acl);
-       if (!clone)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-       error = posix_acl_chmod_masq(clone, inode->i_mode);
-       if (!error) {
-               handle_t *handle;
-               int retries = 0;
-
-       retry:
-               handle = ext3_journal_start(inode,
-                               EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
-               if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
-                       error = PTR_ERR(handle);
-                       ext3_std_error(inode->i_sb, error);
-                       goto out;
-               }
-               error = ext3_set_acl(handle, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, clone);
-               ext3_journal_stop(handle);
-               if (error == -ENOSPC &&
-                   ext3_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
-                       goto retry;
+       error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+       if (error)
+               return error;
+retry:
+       handle = ext3_journal_start(inode,
+                       EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
+       if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+               error = PTR_ERR(handle);
+               ext3_std_error(inode->i_sb, error);
+               goto out;
        }
+       error = ext3_set_acl(handle, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
+       ext3_journal_stop(handle);
+       if (error == -ENOSPC &&
+           ext3_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
+               goto retry;
 out:
-       posix_acl_release(clone);
+       posix_acl_release(acl);
        return error;
 }
 
 
 int
 ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 {
-       struct posix_acl *acl, *clone;
+       struct posix_acl *acl;
+       handle_t *handle;
+       int retries = 0;
        int error;
 
+
        if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
        if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, POSIX_ACL))
        acl = ext4_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-       clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
-       posix_acl_release(acl);
-       if (!clone)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-       error = posix_acl_chmod_masq(clone, inode->i_mode);
-       if (!error) {
-               handle_t *handle;
-               int retries = 0;
-
-       retry:
-               handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
-                               EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
-               if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
-                       error = PTR_ERR(handle);
-                       ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, error);
-                       goto out;
-               }
-               error = ext4_set_acl(handle, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, clone);
-               ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-               if (error == -ENOSPC &&
-                   ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
-                       goto retry;
+       error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+       if (error)
+               return error;
+retry:
+       handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
+                       EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
+       if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+               error = PTR_ERR(handle);
+               ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, error);
+               goto out;
        }
+       error = ext4_set_acl(handle, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
+       ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+       if (error == -ENOSPC &&
+           ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
+               goto retry;
 out:
-       posix_acl_release(clone);
+       posix_acl_release(acl);
        return error;
 }
 
 
 int
 generic_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 {
-       struct posix_acl *acl, *clone;
+       struct posix_acl *acl;
        int error = 0;
 
        if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
        acl = get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        if (acl) {
-               clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
+               error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+               if (error)
+                       return error;
+               set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
                posix_acl_release(acl);
-               if (!clone)
-                       return -ENOMEM;
-               error = posix_acl_chmod_masq(clone, inode->i_mode);
-               if (!error)
-                       set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, clone);
-               posix_acl_release(clone);
        }
        return error;
 }
 
 
 int gfs2_acl_chmod(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct iattr *attr)
 {
-       struct posix_acl *acl, *clone;
+       struct posix_acl *acl;
        char *data;
        unsigned int len;
        int error;
        if (!acl)
                return gfs2_setattr_simple(ip, attr);
 
-       clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_NOFS);
+       error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_NOFS, attr->ia_mode);
+       if (error)
+               return error;
+
+       len = posix_acl_to_xattr(acl, NULL, 0);
+       data = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
        error = -ENOMEM;
-       if (!clone)
+       if (data == NULL)
                goto out;
-       posix_acl_release(acl);
-       acl = clone;
-
-       error = posix_acl_chmod_masq(acl, attr->ia_mode);
-       if (!error) {
-               len = posix_acl_to_xattr(acl, NULL, 0);
-               data = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
-               error = -ENOMEM;
-               if (data == NULL)
-                       goto out;
-               posix_acl_to_xattr(acl, data, len);
-               error = gfs2_xattr_acl_chmod(ip, attr, data);
-               kfree(data);
-               set_cached_acl(&ip->i_inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
-       }
+       posix_acl_to_xattr(acl, data, len);
+       error = gfs2_xattr_acl_chmod(ip, attr, data);
+       kfree(data);
+       set_cached_acl(&ip->i_inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
 
 out:
        posix_acl_release(acl);
 
 
 int jffs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 {
-       struct posix_acl *acl, *clone;
+       struct posix_acl *acl;
        int rc;
 
        if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
        acl = jffs2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-       clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
+       rc = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+       if (rc)
+               return rc;
+       rc = jffs2_set_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
        posix_acl_release(acl);
-       if (!clone)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-       rc = posix_acl_chmod_masq(clone, inode->i_mode);
-       if (!rc)
-               rc = jffs2_set_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, clone);
-       posix_acl_release(clone);
        return rc;
 }
 
 
 
 int jfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 {
-       struct posix_acl *acl, *clone;
+       struct posix_acl *acl;
        int rc;
+       tid_t tid;
 
        if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
        if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
 
-       clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
-       posix_acl_release(acl);
-       if (!clone)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
-       rc = posix_acl_chmod_masq(clone, inode->i_mode);
-       if (!rc) {
-               tid_t tid = txBegin(inode->i_sb, 0);
-               mutex_lock(&JFS_IP(inode)->commit_mutex);
-               rc = jfs_set_acl(tid, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, clone);
-               if (!rc)
-                       rc = txCommit(tid, 1, &inode, 0);
-               txEnd(tid);
-               mutex_unlock(&JFS_IP(inode)->commit_mutex);
-       }
+       rc = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+       if (rc)
+               return rc;
 
-       posix_acl_release(clone);
+       tid = txBegin(inode->i_sb, 0);
+       mutex_lock(&JFS_IP(inode)->commit_mutex);
+       rc = jfs_set_acl(tid, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
+       if (!rc)
+               rc = txCommit(tid, 1, &inode, 0);
+       txEnd(tid);
+       mutex_unlock(&JFS_IP(inode)->commit_mutex);
+
+       posix_acl_release(acl);
        return rc;
 }
 
 int ocfs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 {
        struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
-       struct posix_acl *acl, *clone;
+       struct posix_acl *acl;
        int ret;
 
        if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
        acl = ocfs2_get_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
        if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-       clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
+       ret = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+       ret = ocfs2_set_acl(NULL, inode, NULL, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
+                           acl, NULL, NULL);
        posix_acl_release(acl);
-       if (!clone)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-       ret = posix_acl_chmod_masq(clone, inode->i_mode);
-       if (!ret)
-               ret = ocfs2_set_acl(NULL, inode, NULL, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
-                                   clone, NULL, NULL);
-       posix_acl_release(clone);
        return ret;
 }
 
 
 
        return 0;
 }
+
+int
+posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **acl, gfp_t gfp, mode_t mode)
+{
+       struct posix_acl *clone = posix_acl_clone(*acl, gfp);
+       int err = -ENOMEM;
+       if (clone) {
+               err = posix_acl_chmod_masq(clone, mode);
+               if (err) {
+                       posix_acl_release(clone);
+                       clone = NULL;
+               }
+       }
+       posix_acl_release(*acl);
+       *acl = clone;
+       return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_chmod);
 
 
 int reiserfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 {
-       struct posix_acl *acl, *clone;
+       struct reiserfs_transaction_handle th;
+       struct posix_acl *acl;
+       size_t size;
+       int depth;
        int error;
 
        if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
                return 0;
        if (IS_ERR(acl))
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
-       clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_NOFS);
-       posix_acl_release(acl);
-       if (!clone)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-       error = posix_acl_chmod_masq(clone, inode->i_mode);
+       error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_NOFS, inode->i_mode);
+       if (error)
+               return error;
+
+       size = reiserfs_xattr_nblocks(inode, reiserfs_acl_size(acl->a_count));
+       depth = reiserfs_write_lock_once(inode->i_sb);
+       error = journal_begin(&th, inode->i_sb, size * 2);
        if (!error) {
-               struct reiserfs_transaction_handle th;
-               size_t size = reiserfs_xattr_nblocks(inode,
-                                            reiserfs_acl_size(clone->a_count));
-               int depth;
-
-               depth = reiserfs_write_lock_once(inode->i_sb);
-               error = journal_begin(&th, inode->i_sb, size * 2);
-               if (!error) {
-                       int error2;
-                       error = reiserfs_set_acl(&th, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
-                                                clone);
-                       error2 = journal_end(&th, inode->i_sb, size * 2);
-                       if (error2)
-                               error = error2;
-               }
-               reiserfs_write_unlock_once(inode->i_sb, depth);
+               int error2;
+               error = reiserfs_set_acl(&th, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
+               error2 = journal_end(&th, inode->i_sb, size * 2);
+               if (error2)
+                       error = error2;
        }
-       posix_acl_release(clone);
+       reiserfs_write_unlock_once(inode->i_sb, depth);
+       posix_acl_release(acl);
        return error;
 }
 
 
 int
 xfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 {
-       struct posix_acl *acl, *clone;
+       struct posix_acl *acl;
        int error;
 
        if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
        if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
                return PTR_ERR(acl);
 
-       clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
-       posix_acl_release(acl);
-       if (!clone)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
-       error = posix_acl_chmod_masq(clone, inode->i_mode);
-       if (!error)
-               error = xfs_set_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, clone);
+       error = posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+       if (error)
+               return error;
 
-       posix_acl_release(clone);
+       error = xfs_set_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl);
+       posix_acl_release(acl);
        return error;
 }
 
 
 extern int posix_acl_equiv_mode(const struct posix_acl *, mode_t *);
 extern int posix_acl_create_masq(struct posix_acl *, mode_t *);
 extern int posix_acl_chmod_masq(struct posix_acl *, mode_t);
+extern int posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, mode_t);
 
 extern struct posix_acl *get_posix_acl(struct inode *, int);
 extern int set_posix_acl(struct inode *, int, struct posix_acl *);