diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
index 0fbd18c..2162434 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.c
@@ -347,3 +347,65 @@ int ocfs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Initialize the ACLs of a new inode. If parent directory has default ACL,
+ * then clone to new inode. Called from ocfs2_mknod.
+ */
+int ocfs2_init_acl(handle_t *handle,
+		   struct inode *inode,
+		   struct inode *dir,
+		   struct buffer_head *di_bh,
+		   struct buffer_head *dir_bh,
+		   struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
+		   struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	struct posix_acl *acl = NULL;
+	int ret = 0, ret2;
+	umode_t mode;
+
+	if (!S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
+		if (osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_POSIX_ACL) {
+			acl = ocfs2_get_acl_nolock(dir, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT,
+						   dir_bh);
+			if (IS_ERR(acl))
+				return PTR_ERR(acl);
+		}
+		if (!acl) {
+			mode = inode->i_mode & ~current_umask();
+			ret = ocfs2_acl_set_mode(inode, di_bh, handle, mode);
+			if (ret) {
+				mlog_errno(ret);
+				goto cleanup;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if ((osb->s_mount_opt & OCFS2_MOUNT_POSIX_ACL) && acl) {
+		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+			ret = ocfs2_set_acl(handle, inode, di_bh,
+					    ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT, acl,
+					    meta_ac, data_ac);
+			if (ret)
+				goto cleanup;
+		}
+		mode = inode->i_mode;
+		ret = __posix_acl_create(&acl, GFP_NOFS, &mode);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		ret2 = ocfs2_acl_set_mode(inode, di_bh, handle, mode);
+		if (ret2) {
+			mlog_errno(ret2);
+			ret = ret2;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+		if (ret > 0) {
+			ret = ocfs2_set_acl(handle, inode,
+					    di_bh, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
+					    acl, meta_ac, data_ac);
+		}
+	}
+cleanup:
+	posix_acl_release(acl);
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/acl.h b/fs/ocfs2/acl.h
index 035e587..2783a75 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/acl.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/acl.h
@@ -36,5 +36,9 @@ int ocfs2_set_acl(handle_t *handle,
 			 struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac,
 			 struct ocfs2_alloc_context *data_ac);
 extern int ocfs2_acl_chmod(struct inode *, struct buffer_head *);
+extern int ocfs2_init_acl(handle_t *, struct inode *, struct inode *,
+			  struct buffer_head *, struct buffer_head *,
+			  struct ocfs2_alloc_context *,
+			  struct ocfs2_alloc_context *);
 
 #endif /* OCFS2_ACL_H */
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index e5d57cd..714a2ed 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -4251,20 +4251,12 @@ static int ocfs2_reflink(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(old_dentry);
 	struct buffer_head *old_bh = NULL;
 	struct inode *new_orphan_inode = NULL;
-	struct posix_acl *default_acl, *acl;
-	umode_t mode;
 
 	if (!ocfs2_refcount_tree(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb)))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	mode = inode->i_mode;
-	error = posix_acl_create(dir, &mode, &default_acl, &acl);
-	if (error) {
-		mlog_errno(error);
-		return error;
-	}
 
-	error = ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(dir, mode,
+	error = ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(dir, inode->i_mode,
 					     &new_orphan_inode);
 	if (error) {
 		mlog_errno(error);
@@ -4303,16 +4295,11 @@ static int ocfs2_reflink(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	/* If the security isn't preserved, we need to re-initialize them. */
 	if (!preserve) {
 		error = ocfs2_init_security_and_acl(dir, new_orphan_inode,
-						    &new_dentry->d_name,
-						    default_acl, acl);
+						    &new_dentry->d_name);
 		if (error)
 			mlog_errno(error);
 	}
 out:
-	if (default_acl)
-		posix_acl_release(default_acl);
-	if (acl)
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
 	if (!error) {
 		error = ocfs2_mv_orphaned_inode_to_new(dir, new_orphan_inode,
 						       new_dentry);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index ebfdea7..b97881c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -7197,12 +7197,10 @@ out:
  */
 int ocfs2_init_security_and_acl(struct inode *dir,
 				struct inode *inode,
-				const struct qstr *qstr,
-				struct posix_acl *default_acl,
-				struct posix_acl *acl)
+				const struct qstr *qstr)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *dir_bh = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
+	struct buffer_head *dir_bh = NULL;
 
 	ret = ocfs2_init_security_get(inode, dir, qstr, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -7215,11 +7213,9 @@ int ocfs2_init_security_and_acl(struct inode *dir,
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto leave;
 	}
-
-	if (!ret && default_acl)
-		ret = ocfs2_iop_set_acl(inode, default_acl, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
-	if (!ret && acl)
-		ret = ocfs2_iop_set_acl(inode, acl, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+	ret = ocfs2_init_acl(NULL, inode, dir, NULL, dir_bh, NULL, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		mlog_errno(ret);
 
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(dir, 0);
 	brelse(dir_bh);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
index f10d5b9..1633cc1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
@@ -94,7 +94,5 @@ int ocfs2_reflink_xattrs(struct inode *old_inode,
 			 bool preserve_security);
 int ocfs2_init_security_and_acl(struct inode *dir,
 				struct inode *inode,
-				const struct qstr *qstr,
-				struct posix_acl *default_acl,
-				struct posix_acl *acl);
+				const struct qstr *qstr);
 #endif /* OCFS2_XATTR_H */
