diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
index da70229..5a21778 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
 {
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0, ret2;
 	mode_t mode;
 
 	if (!S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
@@ -381,7 +381,12 @@
 		mode = inode->i_mode;
 		ret = posix_acl_create_masq(clone, &mode);
 		if (ret >= 0) {
-			ret = ocfs2_acl_set_mode(inode, di_bh, handle, mode);
+			ret2 = ocfs2_acl_set_mode(inode, di_bh, handle, mode);
+			if (ret2) {
+				mlog_errno(ret2);
+				ret = ret2;
+				goto cleanup;
+			}
 			if (ret > 0) {
 				ret = ocfs2_set_acl(handle, inode,
 						    di_bh, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,