diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsacl.c b/fs/smb/client/cifsacl.c
index c68ad526a4de..ba79aa2107cc 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsacl.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsacl.c
@@ -1592,14 +1592,16 @@ id_mode_to_cifs_acl(struct inode *inode, const char *path, __u64 *pnmode,
 	struct smb_ntsd *pntsd = NULL; /* acl obtained from server */
 	struct smb_ntsd *pnntsd = NULL; /* modified acl to be sent to server */
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
-	struct tcon_link *tlink = cifs_sb_tlink(cifs_sb);
+	struct tcon_link *tlink;
 	struct smb_version_operations *ops;
 	bool mode_from_sid, id_from_sid;
-	bool posix = tlink_tcon(tlink)->posix_extensions;
 	const u32 info = 0;
+	bool posix;
 
+	tlink = cifs_sb_tlink(cifs_sb);
 	if (IS_ERR(tlink))
 		return PTR_ERR(tlink);
+	posix = tlink_tcon(tlink)->posix_extensions;
 
 	ops = tlink_tcon(tlink)->ses->server->ops;