diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
index e87731380be8..a87f9d7f32be 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
@@ -105,12 +105,17 @@ static __be32 nfsd3_proc_setacl(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 
 	inode_lock(inode);
 
-	error = set_posix_acl(&nop_mnt_idmap, fh->fh_dentry, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
-			      argp->acl_access);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_drop_lock;
-	error = set_posix_acl(&nop_mnt_idmap, fh->fh_dentry, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT,
-			      argp->acl_default);
+	error = 0;
+	if (argp->mask & NFS_ACL) {
+		error = set_posix_acl(&nop_mnt_idmap, fh->fh_dentry,
+				      ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, argp->acl_access);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_drop_lock;
+	}
+	if (argp->mask & NFS_DFACL) {
+		error = set_posix_acl(&nop_mnt_idmap, fh->fh_dentry,
+				      ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, argp->acl_default);
+	}
 
 out_drop_lock:
 	inode_unlock(inode);