diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 711dd51..bc6736d 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -37,14 +37,18 @@
 struct posix_acl *get_cached_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	struct posix_acl **p = acl_by_type(inode, type);
-	struct posix_acl *acl = ACCESS_ONCE(*p);
-	if (acl) {
-		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-		acl = *p;
-		if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
-			acl = posix_acl_dup(acl);
-		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	struct posix_acl *acl;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		acl = rcu_dereference(*p);
+		if (!acl || is_uncached_acl(acl) ||
+		    atomic_inc_not_zero(&acl->a_refcount))
+			break;
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		cpu_relax();
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return acl;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_cached_acl);
@@ -59,58 +63,72 @@
 {
 	struct posix_acl **p = acl_by_type(inode, type);
 	struct posix_acl *old;
-	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	old = *p;
-	rcu_assign_pointer(*p, posix_acl_dup(acl));
-	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	if (old != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
+
+	old = xchg(p, posix_acl_dup(acl));
+	if (!is_uncached_acl(old))
 		posix_acl_release(old);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_cached_acl);
 
+static void __forget_cached_acl(struct posix_acl **p)
+{
+	struct posix_acl *old;
+
+	old = xchg(p, ACL_NOT_CACHED);
+	if (!is_uncached_acl(old))
+		posix_acl_release(old);
+}
+
 void forget_cached_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
-	struct posix_acl **p = acl_by_type(inode, type);
-	struct posix_acl *old;
-	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	old = *p;
-	*p = ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	if (old != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
-		posix_acl_release(old);
+	__forget_cached_acl(acl_by_type(inode, type));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(forget_cached_acl);
 
 void forget_all_cached_acls(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	struct posix_acl *old_access, *old_default;
-	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	old_access = inode->i_acl;
-	old_default = inode->i_default_acl;
-	inode->i_acl = inode->i_default_acl = ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	if (old_access != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
-		posix_acl_release(old_access);
-	if (old_default != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
-		posix_acl_release(old_default);
+	__forget_cached_acl(&inode->i_acl);
+	__forget_cached_acl(&inode->i_default_acl);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(forget_all_cached_acls);
 
 struct posix_acl *get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
+	void *sentinel;
+	struct posix_acl **p;
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 
+	/*
+	 * The sentinel is used to detect when another operation like
+	 * set_cached_acl() or forget_cached_acl() races with get_acl().
+	 * It is guaranteed that is_uncached_acl(sentinel) is true.
+	 */
+
 	acl = get_cached_acl(inode, type);
-	if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
+	if (!is_uncached_acl(acl))
 		return acl;
 
 	if (!IS_POSIXACL(inode))
 		return NULL;
 
+	sentinel = uncached_acl_sentinel(current);
+	p = acl_by_type(inode, type);
+
 	/*
-	 * A filesystem can force a ACL callback by just never filling the
-	 * ACL cache. But normally you'd fill the cache either at inode
-	 * instantiation time, or on the first ->get_acl call.
+	 * If the ACL isn't being read yet, set our sentinel.  Otherwise, the
+	 * current value of the ACL will not be ACL_NOT_CACHED and so our own
+	 * sentinel will not be set; another task will update the cache.  We
+	 * could wait for that other task to complete its job, but it's easier
+	 * to just call ->get_acl to fetch the ACL ourself.  (This is going to
+	 * be an unlikely race.)
+	 */
+	if (cmpxchg(p, ACL_NOT_CACHED, sentinel) != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
+		/* fall through */ ;
+
+	/*
+	 * Normally, the ACL returned by ->get_acl will be cached.
+	 * A filesystem can prevent that by calling
+	 * forget_cached_acl(inode, type) in ->get_acl.
 	 *
 	 * If the filesystem doesn't have a get_acl() function at all, we'll
 	 * just create the negative cache entry.
@@ -119,7 +137,24 @@
 		set_cached_acl(inode, type, NULL);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	return inode->i_op->get_acl(inode, type);
+	acl = inode->i_op->get_acl(inode, type);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(acl)) {
+		/*
+		 * Remove our sentinel so that we don't block future attempts
+		 * to cache the ACL.
+		 */
+		cmpxchg(p, sentinel, ACL_NOT_CACHED);
+		return acl;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Cache the result, but only if our sentinel is still in place.
+	 */
+	posix_acl_dup(acl);
+	if (unlikely(cmpxchg(p, sentinel, acl) != sentinel))
+		posix_acl_release(acl);
+	return acl;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_acl);