case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
                name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS;
                if (acl) {
-                       mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
+                       umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
                        retval = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
                        if (retval < 0)
                                goto err_out;
 
        int ret, size = 0;
        const char *name;
        char *value = NULL;
-       mode_t mode;
 
        if (acl) {
                ret = posix_acl_valid(acl);
 
        switch (type) {
        case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
-               mode = inode->i_mode;
                name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS;
                if (acl) {
-                       ret = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+                       ret = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
                        if (ret < 0)
                                return ret;
-                       inode->i_mode = mode;
                }
                ret = 0;
                break;
 
                case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
                        name_index = EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
                        if (acl) {
-                               mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
-                               error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+                               error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
                                if (error < 0)
                                        return error;
                                else {
-                                       inode->i_mode = mode;
                                        inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
                                        mark_inode_dirty(inode);
                                        if (error == 0)
 
                case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
                        name_index = EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
                        if (acl) {
-                               mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
-                               error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+                               error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
                                if (error < 0)
                                        return error;
                                else {
-                                       inode->i_mode = mode;
                                        inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
                                        ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
                                        if (error == 0)
 
        case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
                name_index = EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
                if (acl) {
-                       mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
-                       error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+                       error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
                        if (error < 0)
                                return error;
                        else {
-                               inode->i_mode = mode;
                                inode->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(inode);
                                ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
                                if (error == 0)
 
                        return PTR_ERR(acl);
        }
        if (acl) {
-               mode_t mode;
-
                error = posix_acl_valid(acl);
                if (error)
                        goto failed;
                switch (type) {
                case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
-                       mode = inode->i_mode;
-                       error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+                       error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
                        if (error < 0)
                                goto failed;
-                       inode->i_mode = mode;
                        inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
                        if (error == 0) {
                                posix_acl_release(acl);
 
                goto out_release;
 
        if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS) {
-               mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
+               umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
                error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
 
                if (error <= 0) {
 
        case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
                xprefix = JFFS2_XPREFIX_ACL_ACCESS;
                if (acl) {
-                       mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
+                       umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
                        rc = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
                        if (rc < 0)
                                return rc;
 
                        return rc;
                }
                if (acl) {
-                       mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
-                       rc = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+                       rc = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
                        posix_acl_release(acl);
                        if (rc < 0) {
                                printk(KERN_ERR
                                       rc);
                                return rc;
                        }
-                       inode->i_mode = mode;
                        mark_inode_dirty(inode);
                }
                /*
 
        case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
                name_index = OCFS2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
                if (acl) {
-                       mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
+                       umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
                        ret = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
                        if (ret < 0)
                                return ret;
 
  * file mode permission bits, or else 1. Returns -E... on error.
  */
 int
-posix_acl_equiv_mode(const struct posix_acl *acl, mode_t *mode_p)
+posix_acl_equiv_mode(const struct posix_acl *acl, umode_t *mode_p)
 {
        const struct posix_acl_entry *pa, *pe;
-       mode_t mode = 0;
+       umode_t mode = 0;
        int not_equiv = 0;
 
        FOREACH_ACL_ENTRY(pa, acl, pe) {
 
        case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
                name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS;
                if (acl) {
-                       mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
-                       error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
+                       error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &inode->i_mode);
                        if (error < 0)
                                return error;
                        else {
-                               inode->i_mode = mode;
                                if (error == 0)
                                        acl = NULL;
                        }
 
                goto out_release;
 
        if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS) {
-               mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
+               umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
                error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
 
                if (error <= 0) {
 
 extern int posix_acl_valid(const struct posix_acl *);
 extern int posix_acl_permission(struct inode *, const struct posix_acl *, int);
 extern struct posix_acl *posix_acl_from_mode(mode_t, gfp_t);
-extern int posix_acl_equiv_mode(const struct posix_acl *, mode_t *);
+extern int posix_acl_equiv_mode(const struct posix_acl *, umode_t *);
 extern int posix_acl_create(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, umode_t *);
 extern int posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, mode_t);