diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
index 14da577..174643f 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@
 	    MS_NOATIME;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	sb->s_flags |= MS_POSIXACL;
+	if ((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACCESS_MASK) == V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT)
+		sb->s_flags |= MS_POSIXACL;
 #endif
 
 	save_mount_options(sb, data);
@@ -181,7 +182,6 @@
 	retval = v9fs_get_acl(inode, fid);
 	if (retval)
 		goto release_sb;
-
 	v9fs_fid_add(root, fid);
 
 	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " simple set mount, return 0\n");