diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 61cd28ba25f3..be2ce57cd6ad 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ getxattr(struct dentry *d, const char __user *name, void __user *value,
 	if (error > 0) {
 		if ((strcmp(kname, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS) == 0) ||
 		    (strcmp(kname, XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT) == 0))
-			posix_acl_fix_xattr_to_user(kvalue, size);
+			posix_acl_fix_xattr_to_user(kvalue, error);
 		if (size && copy_to_user(value, kvalue, error))
 			error = -EFAULT;
 	} else if (error == -ERANGE && size >= XATTR_SIZE_MAX) {