diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 14f47d2bfe02..9f55be445bd6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -701,6 +701,10 @@ static int ocfs2_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 
 		if (!ocfs2_is_hard_readonly(osb))
 			ocfs2_set_journal_params(osb);
+
+		sb->s_flags = (sb->s_flags & ~MS_POSIXACL) |
+			((osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_POSIX_ACL) ?
+							MS_POSIXACL : 0);
 	}
 out:
 	unlock_kernel();