diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index f6cba56..bdadbae0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1307,10 +1307,13 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+		return -ECHILD;
+
 	mlog_entry_void();
 
 	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
@@ -1320,7 +1323,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = generic_permission(inode, mask, ocfs2_check_acl);
+	ret = generic_permission(inode, mask, flags, ocfs2_check_acl);
 
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 0);
 out: