diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 2a4574f48001..276cd30ab8f8 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -227,8 +227,6 @@ static int acl_permission_check(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	unsigned int mode = inode->i_mode;
 
-	mask &= MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC | MAY_NOT_BLOCK;
-
 	if (current_user_ns() != inode_userns(inode))
 		goto other_perms;
 
diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 10027b42b7e2..cea4623f1ed6 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ posix_acl_permission(struct inode *inode, const struct posix_acl *acl, int want)
 	const struct posix_acl_entry *pa, *pe, *mask_obj;
 	int found = 0;
 
+	want &= MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC | MAY_NOT_BLOCK;
+
 	FOREACH_ACL_ENTRY(pa, acl, pe) {
                 switch(pa->e_tag) {
                         case ACL_USER_OBJ: