diff --git a/fs/jffs2/acl.c b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
index 9c2077e7e081..0ae3cd10702c 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/acl.c
@@ -345,10 +345,8 @@ int jffs2_init_acl(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-void jffs2_clear_acl(struct inode *inode)
+void jffs2_clear_acl(struct jffs2_inode_info *f)
 {
-	struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(inode);
-
 	if (f->i_acl_access && f->i_acl_access != JFFS2_ACL_NOT_CACHED) {
 		posix_acl_release(f->i_acl_access);
 		f->i_acl_access = JFFS2_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/acl.h b/fs/jffs2/acl.h
index 8893bd1a6ba7..fa327dbd3171 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/acl.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct jffs2_acl_header {
 extern int jffs2_permission(struct inode *, int, struct nameidata *);
 extern int jffs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *);
 extern int jffs2_init_acl(struct inode *, struct inode *);
-extern void jffs2_clear_acl(struct inode *);
+extern void jffs2_clear_acl(struct jffs2_inode_info *);
 
 extern struct xattr_handler jffs2_acl_access_xattr_handler;
 extern struct xattr_handler jffs2_acl_default_xattr_handler;
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ extern struct xattr_handler jffs2_acl_default_xattr_handler;
 #define jffs2_permission NULL
 #define jffs2_acl_chmod(inode)		(0)
 #define jffs2_init_acl(inode,dir)	(0)
-#define jffs2_clear_acl(inode)
+#define jffs2_clear_acl(f)
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_POSIX_ACL */
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/readinode.c b/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
index cc1899268c43..266423b2709d 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
@@ -968,6 +968,7 @@ void jffs2_do_clear_inode(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_inode_info *f)
 	struct jffs2_full_dirent *fd, *fds;
 	int deleted;
 
+	jffs2_clear_acl(f);
 	jffs2_xattr_delete_inode(c, f->inocache);
 	down(&f->sem);
 	deleted = f->inocache && !f->inocache->nlink;