diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
index 6bbf0e6daad..bac60515a4b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
@@ -207,8 +207,6 @@ struct posix_acl *nfs3_proc_getacl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	status = nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
 	if (status < 0)
 		return ERR_PTR(status);
-	if (NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL)
-		nfs_zap_acl_cache(inode);
 	acl = nfs3_get_cached_acl(inode, type);
 	if (acl != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN))
 		return acl;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 55314e72163..42e6a3b0549 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2824,8 +2824,6 @@ static ssize_t nfs4_proc_get_acl(struct inode *inode, void *buf, size_t buflen)
 	ret = nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
-	if (NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL)
-		nfs_zap_acl_cache(inode);
 	ret = nfs4_read_cached_acl(inode, buf, buflen);
 	if (ret != -ENOENT)
 		return ret;