diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.c b/fs/9p/acl.c
index 57469bf7927c..5893c2bd0f96 100644
--- a/fs/9p/acl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/acl.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ int v9fs_acl_mode(struct inode *dir, umode_t *modep,
 	if (acl) {
 		if (S_ISDIR(mode))
 			*dpacl = posix_acl_dup(acl);
-		retval = posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &mode);
+		retval = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &mode);
 		if (retval < 0)
 			return retval;
 		if (retval > 0)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 2263ada10f24..4916676fa9af 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int btrfs_init_acl(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			if (ret)
 				goto failed;
 		}
-		ret = posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &inode->i_mode);
+		ret = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &inode->i_mode);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/acl.c b/fs/ext2/acl.c
index ad86d761696e..c73d8094c00f 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/acl.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ ext2_init_acl(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 			if (error)
 				goto cleanup;
 		}
-		error = posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, &inode->i_mode);
+		error = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, &inode->i_mode);
 		if (error < 0)
 			return error;
 		if (error > 0) {
diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index 523522e40c3d..6a4ef3add85c 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ ext3_init_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 			if (error)
 				goto cleanup;
 		}
-		error = posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &inode->i_mode);
+		error = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &inode->i_mode);
 		if (error < 0)
 			return error;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index b8a48cc9af91..1ac74f355bb9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ ext4_init_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 			if (error)
 				goto cleanup;
 		}
-		error = posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &inode->i_mode);
+		error = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &inode->i_mode);
 		if (error < 0)
 			return error;
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/acl.c b/fs/f2fs/acl.c
index 40d9b743791b..ee440ce6994d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/acl.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ int f2fs_init_acl(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir, struct page *ipage,
 		if (error)
 			goto cleanup;
 	}
-	error = posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, &inode->i_mode);
+	error = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, &inode->i_mode);
 	if (error < 0)
 		return error;
 	if (error > 0)
diff --git a/fs/generic_acl.c b/fs/generic_acl.c
index f07ec18cd6c0..83921c155c90 100644
--- a/fs/generic_acl.c
+++ b/fs/generic_acl.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ generic_acl_init(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 	if (acl) {
 		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 			set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, acl);
-		error = posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, &inode->i_mode);
+		error = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, &inode->i_mode);
 		if (error < 0)
 			return error;
 		if (error > 0)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.c b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
index 65e70e1644bf..5dd1a4e22b8e 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ int gfs2_acl_create(struct gfs2_inode *dip, struct inode *inode)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	error = posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &mode);
+	error = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &mode);
 	if (error < 0)
 		return error;
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/acl.c b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
index 029dcc2d2432..3530a853a100 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ int jffs2_init_acl_pre(struct inode *dir_i, struct inode *inode, umode_t *i_mode
 		if (S_ISDIR(*i_mode))
 			set_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, acl);
 
-		rc = posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, i_mode);
+		rc = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, i_mode);
 		if (rc < 0)
 			return rc;
 		if (rc > 0)
diff --git a/fs/jfs/acl.c b/fs/jfs/acl.c
index 9c0fca8073da..28d529ae9a4a 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/acl.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int jfs_init_acl(tid_t tid, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 			if (rc)
 				goto cleanup;
 		}
-		rc = posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, &inode->i_mode);
+		rc = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, &inode->i_mode);
 		if (rc < 0)
 			goto cleanup; /* posix_acl_release(NULL) is no-op */
 		if (rc > 0)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
index 4a1aafba6a20..e85967587d74 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ int nfs3_proc_set_default_acl(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode,
 	if (!dfacl)
 		return 0;
 	acl = posix_acl_dup(dfacl);
-	error = posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, &mode);
+	error = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, &mode);
 	if (error < 0)
 		goto out_release_dfacl;
 	error = nfs3_proc_setacls(inode, acl, S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ?
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
index 7ad14af22cab..79eea54cf36f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ int ocfs2_init_acl(handle_t *handle,
 				goto cleanup;
 		}
 		mode = inode->i_mode;
-		ret = posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &mode);
+		ret = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &mode);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 
diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 254a760e7a20..b2d5e4b7fdb6 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static int __posix_acl_chmod_masq(struct posix_acl *acl, umode_t mode)
 }
 
 int
-posix_acl_create(struct posix_acl **acl, gfp_t gfp, umode_t *mode_p)
+__posix_acl_create(struct posix_acl **acl, gfp_t gfp, umode_t *mode_p)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *clone = posix_acl_clone(*acl, gfp);
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ posix_acl_create(struct posix_acl **acl, gfp_t gfp, umode_t *mode_p)
 	*acl = clone;
 	return err;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_create);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__posix_acl_create);
 
 int
 __posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **acl, gfp_t gfp, umode_t mode)
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ __posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **acl, gfp_t gfp, umode_t mode)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__posix_acl_chmod);
 
 int
-posix_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
+posix_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ posix_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(acl))
 		return PTR_ERR(acl);
 
-	ret = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
+	ret = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, mode);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	ret = inode->i_op->set_acl(inode, acl, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
@@ -496,6 +496,55 @@ posix_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_acl_chmod);
 
+int
+posix_acl_create(struct inode *dir, umode_t *mode,
+		struct posix_acl **default_acl, struct posix_acl **acl)
+{
+	struct posix_acl *p;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (S_ISLNK(*mode) || !IS_POSIXACL(dir))
+		goto no_acl;
+
+	p = get_acl(dir, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
+	if (IS_ERR(p))
+		return PTR_ERR(p);
+
+	if (!p) {
+		*mode &= ~current_umask();
+		goto no_acl;
+	}
+
+	*acl = posix_acl_clone(p, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!*acl)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = posix_acl_create_masq(*acl, mode);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		posix_acl_release(*acl);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		posix_acl_release(*acl);
+		*acl = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!S_ISDIR(*mode)) {
+		posix_acl_release(p);
+		*default_acl = NULL;
+	} else {
+		*default_acl = p;
+	}
+	return 0;
+
+no_acl:
+	*default_acl = NULL;
+	*acl = NULL;
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(posix_acl_create);
+
 /*
  * Fix up the uids and gids in posix acl extended attributes in place.
  */
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
index 8882b8dcbaac..c087e633b3b2 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ reiserfs_inherit_default_acl(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 
 		/* Now we reconcile the new ACL and the mode,
 		   potentially modifying both */
-		err = posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &inode->i_mode);
+		err = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &inode->i_mode);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
index de4f76f02aed..6c1c66141022 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
@@ -278,12 +278,12 @@ xfs_inherit_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	error = posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, &mode);
+	error = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, &mode);
 	if (error < 0)
 		return error;
 
 	/*
-	 * If posix_acl_create returns a positive value we need to
+	 * If __posix_acl_create returns a positive value we need to
 	 * inherit a permission that can't be represented using the Unix
 	 * mode bits and we actually need to set an ACL.
 	 */
diff --git a/include/linux/posix_acl.h b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
index eb18661174ff..ab859d5387ff 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix_acl.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ 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(umode_t, gfp_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_create(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, umode_t *);
 extern int __posix_acl_chmod(struct posix_acl **, gfp_t, umode_t);
 extern int posix_acl_update_mode(struct inode *, umode_t *, struct posix_acl **);
 
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ extern struct posix_acl *get_posix_acl(struct inode *, int);
 extern int set_posix_acl(struct inode *, int, struct posix_acl *);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
-extern int posix_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
+extern int posix_acl_chmod(struct inode *, umode_t);
+extern int posix_acl_create(struct inode *, umode_t *, struct posix_acl **,
+		struct posix_acl **);
 
 static inline struct posix_acl **acl_by_type(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ static inline void cache_no_acl(struct inode *inode)
 	inode->i_default_acl = NULL;
 }
 #else
-static inline int posix_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
+static inline int posix_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode, umode_t mode)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -183,6 +185,13 @@ static inline int posix_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 static inline void cache_no_acl(struct inode *inode)
 {
 }
+
+static inline int posix_acl_create(struct inode *inode, umode_t *mode,
+		struct posix_acl **default_acl, struct posix_acl **acl)
+{
+	*default_acl = *acl = NULL;
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL */
 
 struct posix_acl *get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type);