diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 8612b3a..78ad38d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2123,8 +2123,8 @@
 	 */
 	maybe_acls = acls_after_inode_item(leaf, path->slots[0], inode->i_ino);
 	if (!maybe_acls) {
-		BTRFS_I(inode)->i_acl = NULL;
-		BTRFS_I(inode)->i_default_acl = NULL;
+		inode->i_acl = NULL;
+		inode->i_default_acl = NULL;
 	}
 
 	BTRFS_I(inode)->block_group = btrfs_find_block_group(root, 0,
@@ -3141,9 +3141,6 @@
 {
 	struct btrfs_inode *bi = BTRFS_I(inode);
 
-	bi->i_acl = BTRFS_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-	bi->i_default_acl = BTRFS_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-
 	bi->generation = 0;
 	bi->sequence = 0;
 	bi->last_trans = 0;
@@ -4640,8 +4637,6 @@
 	ei->last_trans = 0;
 	ei->logged_trans = 0;
 	btrfs_ordered_inode_tree_init(&ei->ordered_tree);
-	ei->i_acl = BTRFS_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-	ei->i_default_acl = BTRFS_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->i_orphan);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->ordered_operations);
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
@@ -4655,13 +4650,6 @@
 	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&inode->i_dentry));
 	WARN_ON(inode->i_data.nrpages);
 
-	if (BTRFS_I(inode)->i_acl &&
-	    BTRFS_I(inode)->i_acl != BTRFS_ACL_NOT_CACHED)
-		posix_acl_release(BTRFS_I(inode)->i_acl);
-	if (BTRFS_I(inode)->i_default_acl &&
-	    BTRFS_I(inode)->i_default_acl != BTRFS_ACL_NOT_CACHED)
-		posix_acl_release(BTRFS_I(inode)->i_default_acl);
-
 	/*
 	 * Make sure we're properly removed from the ordered operation
 	 * lists.