diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
index bafa0b701e87..26c6cd60ae1d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
@@ -3131,7 +3131,9 @@ struct posix_acl *ll_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	spin_lock(&lli->lli_lock);
 	/* VFS' acl_permission_check->check_acl will release the refcount */
 	acl = posix_acl_dup(lli->lli_posix_acl);
+#ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	forget_cached_acl(inode, type);
+#endif
 	spin_unlock(&lli->lli_lock);
 
 	return acl;