diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
index d92a1dc..54415f0 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ reiserfs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 	struct reiserfs_transaction_handle th;
 	size_t jcreate_blocks;
 	int size = acl ? posix_acl_xattr_size(acl->a_count) : 0;
-
+	int update_mode = 0;
+	umode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
 
 	/*
 	 * Pessimism: We can't assume that anything from the xattr root up
@@ -38,12 +39,14 @@ reiserfs_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
 	reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
 	if (error == 0) {
 		if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS && acl) {
-			error = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &inode->i_mode,
-						      &acl);
+			error = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &mode, &acl);
 			if (error)
 				goto unlock;
+			update_mode = 1;
 		}
 		error = __reiserfs_set_acl(&th, inode, type, acl);
+		if (!error && update_mode)
+			inode->i_mode = mode;
 unlock:
 		reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
 		error2 = journal_end(&th);