diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
index 3e7da392aa6f..bb981ec76456 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ int ocfs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh)
 	down_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_xattr_sem);
 	acl = ocfs2_get_acl_nolock(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, bh);
 	up_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_xattr_sem);
-	if (IS_ERR(acl) || !acl)
-		return PTR_ERR(acl);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(acl))
+		return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(acl);
 	ret = __posix_acl_chmod(&acl, GFP_KERNEL, inode->i_mode);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;