diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 6fd0f47e45db72b252808386450e468ad425af61..a14d6cd9eeda2670251c0ec3377518912cb465a2 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -1131,8 +1131,6 @@ static void init_inode(struct inode *inode, struct treepath *path)
 	REISERFS_I(inode)->i_trans_id = 0;
 	REISERFS_I(inode)->i_jl = NULL;
 	mutex_init(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->i_mmap));
-	reiserfs_init_acl_access(inode);
-	reiserfs_init_acl_default(inode);
 	reiserfs_init_xattr_rwsem(inode);
 
 	if (stat_data_v1(ih)) {
@@ -1834,8 +1832,6 @@ int reiserfs_new_inode(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 	    REISERFS_I(dir)->i_attrs & REISERFS_INHERIT_MASK;
 	sd_attrs_to_i_attrs(REISERFS_I(inode)->i_attrs, inode);
 	mutex_init(&(REISERFS_I(inode)->i_mmap));
-	reiserfs_init_acl_access(inode);
-	reiserfs_init_acl_default(inode);
 	reiserfs_init_xattr_rwsem(inode);
 
 	/* key to search for correct place for new stat data */
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index b194451fc04bcb7768e7ad372d40d9ecece8ccfe..d3aeb061612bf3818ec60972f6e78d569239d065 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -529,10 +529,6 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->i_prealloc_list);
 	inode_init_once(&ei->vfs_inode);
-#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	ei->i_acl_access = ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-	ei->i_acl_default = ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-#endif
 }
 
 static int init_inodecache(void)
@@ -580,25 +576,6 @@ static void reiserfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
-static void reiserfs_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct posix_acl *acl;
-
-	acl = REISERFS_I(inode)->i_acl_access;
-	if (acl && acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-	REISERFS_I(inode)->i_acl_access = ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-
-	acl = REISERFS_I(inode)->i_acl_default;
-	if (acl && acl != ACL_NOT_CACHED)
-		posix_acl_release(acl);
-	REISERFS_I(inode)->i_acl_default = ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-}
-#else
-#define reiserfs_clear_inode NULL
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 static ssize_t reiserfs_quota_write(struct super_block *, int, const char *,
 				    size_t, loff_t);
@@ -612,7 +589,6 @@ static const struct super_operations reiserfs_sops = {
 	.write_inode = reiserfs_write_inode,
 	.dirty_inode = reiserfs_dirty_inode,
 	.delete_inode = reiserfs_delete_inode,
-	.clear_inode = reiserfs_clear_inode,
 	.put_super = reiserfs_put_super,
 	.write_super = reiserfs_write_super,
 	.sync_fs = reiserfs_sync_fs,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
index 7b3aeb9327d30b8c904b93a762b812e2860b940f..b6e473faa8b8e3e9bf2ef1d6915015543a12c40d 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_acl.c
@@ -223,16 +223,15 @@ struct posix_acl *reiserfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	struct posix_acl *acl, **p_acl;
 	int size;
 	int retval;
-	struct reiserfs_inode_info *reiserfs_i = REISERFS_I(inode);
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS;
-		p_acl = &reiserfs_i->i_acl_access;
+		p_acl = &inode->i_acl;
 		break;
 	case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
 		name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT;
-		p_acl = &reiserfs_i->i_acl_default;
+		p_acl = &inode->i_default_acl;
 		break;
 	default:
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
@@ -288,7 +287,6 @@ reiserfs_set_acl(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th, struct inode *inode,
 	struct posix_acl **p_acl;
 	size_t size = 0;
 	int error;
-	struct reiserfs_inode_info *reiserfs_i = REISERFS_I(inode);
 
 	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -296,7 +294,7 @@ reiserfs_set_acl(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th, struct inode *inode,
 	switch (type) {
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_ACCESS;
-		p_acl = &reiserfs_i->i_acl_access;
+		p_acl = &inode->i_acl;
 		if (acl) {
 			mode_t mode = inode->i_mode;
 			error = posix_acl_equiv_mode(acl, &mode);
@@ -311,7 +309,7 @@ reiserfs_set_acl(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th, struct inode *inode,
 		break;
 	case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
 		name = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_DEFAULT;
-		p_acl = &reiserfs_i->i_acl_default;
+		p_acl = &inode->i_default_acl;
 		if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 			return acl ? -EACCES : 0;
 		break;
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h
index 8f4d8d718b10b174fafb35343bd5ee7b8a975b6b..b4448853900ed85a17ff24a9ce074ab5f890572f 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_acl.h
@@ -56,15 +56,6 @@ int reiserfs_cache_default_acl(struct inode *dir);
 extern struct xattr_handler reiserfs_posix_acl_default_handler;
 extern struct xattr_handler reiserfs_posix_acl_access_handler;
 
-static inline void reiserfs_init_acl_access(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	REISERFS_I(inode)->i_acl_access = ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-}
-
-static inline void reiserfs_init_acl_default(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	REISERFS_I(inode)->i_acl_default = ACL_NOT_CACHED;
-}
 #else
 
 #define reiserfs_cache_default_acl(inode) 0
@@ -86,12 +77,4 @@ reiserfs_inherit_default_acl(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 {
 	return 0;
 }
-
-static inline void reiserfs_init_acl_access(struct inode *inode)
-{
-}
-
-static inline void reiserfs_init_acl_default(struct inode *inode)
-{
-}
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_i.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_i.h
index 76360b36ac3324040a5066cc15ddca9b5c2e98b0..89f4d3abbf5af501610edeac780448e94cc4de55 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_i.h
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ struct reiserfs_inode_info {
 	unsigned int i_trans_id;
 	struct reiserfs_journal_list *i_jl;
 	struct mutex i_mmap;
-#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	struct posix_acl *i_acl_access;
-	struct posix_acl *i_acl_default;
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR
 	struct rw_semaphore i_xattr_sem;
 #endif