diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 101d806..de80116 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -180,8 +180,11 @@ int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 	inode->i_private = NULL;
 	inode->i_mapping = mapping;
 	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);	/* buggered by rcu freeing */
-#ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	inode->i_acl = inode->i_default_acl = ACL_NOT_CACHED;
+#if defined(CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL) || defined(CONFIG_FS_RICHACL)
+	inode->i_acl = ACL_NOT_CACHED;
+# if defined(CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL)
+	inode->i_default_acl = ACL_NOT_CACHED;
+# endif
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
@@ -237,11 +240,13 @@ void __destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		atomic_long_dec(&inode->i_sb->s_remove_count);
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
+#if defined(CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL) || defined(CONFIG_FS_RICHACL)
 	if (inode->i_acl && inode->i_acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
 		base_acl_put(inode->i_acl);
+# if defined(CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL)
 	if (inode->i_default_acl && inode->i_default_acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
 		base_acl_put(inode->i_default_acl);
+# endif
 #endif
 	this_cpu_dec(nr_inodes);
 }
diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 743b6dc..f24646e 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct posix_acl *get_cached_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 {
 	struct base_acl **p = acl_by_type(inode, type);
 	struct base_acl *acl = ACCESS_ONCE(*p);
-	if (acl) {
+	if (acl && IS_POSIXACL(inode)) {
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		acl = *p;
 		if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
diff --git a/fs/richacl.c b/fs/richacl.c
index 8971ead..59ef600 100644
--- a/fs/richacl.c
+++ b/fs/richacl.c
@@ -20,6 +20,83 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/richacl.h>
 
+struct richacl *get_cached_richacl(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct base_acl *acl;
+
+	acl = ACCESS_ONCE(inode->i_acl);
+	if (acl && IS_RICHACL(inode)) {
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+		acl = inode->i_acl;
+		if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
+			base_acl_get(acl);
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	}
+	return container_of(acl, struct richacl, a_base);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_cached_richacl);
+
+struct richacl *get_cached_richacl_rcu(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct base_acl *acl = rcu_dereference(inode->i_acl);
+
+	return container_of(acl, struct richacl, a_base);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_cached_richacl_rcu);
+
+void set_cached_richacl(struct inode *inode, struct richacl *acl)
+{
+	struct base_acl *old = NULL;
+
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	old = inode->i_acl;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(inode->i_acl, &richacl_get(acl)->a_base);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	if (old != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
+		base_acl_put(old);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_cached_richacl);
+
+void forget_cached_richacl(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct base_acl *old = NULL;
+
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	old = inode->i_acl;
+	inode->i_acl = ACL_NOT_CACHED;
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	if (old != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
+		base_acl_put(old);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(forget_cached_richacl);
+
+struct richacl *get_richacl(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct richacl *acl;
+
+	acl = get_cached_richacl(inode);
+	if (acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
+		return acl;
+
+	if (!IS_RICHACL(inode))
+		return NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * 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_richacl call.
+	 *
+	 * If the filesystem doesn't have a get_richacl() function at all,
+	 * we'll just create the negative cache entry.
+	 */
+	if (!inode->i_op->get_richacl) {
+		set_cached_richacl(inode, NULL);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return inode->i_op->get_richacl(inode);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_richacl);
+
 /**
  * richacl_alloc  -  allocate a richacl
  * @count:	number of entries
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e04dbb4..560f4e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ struct base_acl {
 	};
 };
 struct posix_acl;
+struct richacl;
 #define ACL_NOT_CACHED ((void *)(-1))
 
 #define IOP_FASTPERM	0x0001
@@ -603,9 +604,11 @@ struct inode {
 	kgid_t			i_gid;
 	unsigned int		i_flags;
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL)
+#if defined(CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL) || defined(CONFIG_FS_RICHACL)
 	struct base_acl		*i_acl;
+# if defined(CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL)
 	struct base_acl		*i_default_acl;
+# endif
 #endif
 
 	const struct inode_operations	*i_op;
diff --git a/include/linux/richacl.h b/include/linux/richacl.h
index 35a5bcb..d19b61b 100644
--- a/include/linux/richacl.h
+++ b/include/linux/richacl.h
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ richacl_put(struct richacl *acl)
 	base_acl_put(&acl->a_base);
 }
 
+extern struct richacl *get_cached_richacl(struct inode *);
+extern struct richacl *get_cached_richacl_rcu(struct inode *);
+extern void set_cached_richacl(struct inode *, struct richacl *);
+extern void forget_cached_richacl(struct inode *);
+extern struct richacl *get_richacl(struct inode *);
+
 /**
  * richace_is_owner  -  check if @ace is an OWNER@ entry
  */
