diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs.c b/fs/9p/v9fs.c
index d34f293..f5a3200 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs.c
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 	/* Cache options */
 	Opt_cache_loose, Opt_fscache,
 	/* Access options */
-	Opt_access,
+	Opt_access, Opt_posixacl,
 	/* Error token */
 	Opt_err
 };
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 	{Opt_fscache, "fscache"},
 	{Opt_cachetag, "cachetag=%s"},
 	{Opt_access, "access=%s"},
+	{Opt_posixacl, "posixacl"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -194,13 +195,7 @@
 			else if (strcmp(s, "any") == 0)
 				v9ses->flags |= V9FS_ACCESS_ANY;
 			else if (strcmp(s, "client") == 0) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL
 				v9ses->flags |= V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT;
-#else
-				P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
-					"Not defined CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL. "
-					"Ignoring access=client option\n");
-#endif
 			} else {
 				v9ses->flags |= V9FS_ACCESS_SINGLE;
 				v9ses->uid = simple_strtoul(s, &e, 10);
@@ -210,6 +205,16 @@
 			kfree(s);
 			break;
 
+		case Opt_posixacl:
+#ifdef CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL
+			v9ses->flags |= V9FS_POSIX_ACL;
+#else
+			P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+					"Not defined CONFIG_9P_FS_POSIX_ACL. "
+					"Ignoring posixacl option\n");
+#endif
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -304,6 +309,14 @@
 		v9ses->flags |= V9FS_ACCESS_ANY;
 		v9ses->uid = ~0;
 	}
+	if (!v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses) ||
+		!((v9ses->flags & V9FS_ACCESS_MASK) == V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT)) {
+		/*
+		 * We support ACL checks on clinet only if the protocol is
+		 * 9P2000.L and access is V9FS_ACCESS_CLIENT.
+		 */
+		v9ses->flags &= ~V9FS_ACL_MASK;
+	}
 
 	fid = p9_client_attach(v9ses->clnt, NULL, v9ses->uname, ~0,
 							v9ses->aname);