diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_acl.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_acl.h
index fecabe1..9786f6c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_acl.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_acl.h
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 #include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
 
 #define LUSTRE_POSIX_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES	32
-#define LUSTRE_POSIX_ACL_MAX_SIZE					\
-	(sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_header) +				\
-	 LUSTRE_POSIX_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES * sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_entry))
+#define LUSTRE_POSIX_ACL_MAX_SIZE						\
+	(sizeof(struct posix_acl_xattr_header) +				\
+	 LUSTRE_POSIX_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES * sizeof(struct posix_acl_xattr_entry))
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/wiretest.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/wiretest.c
index 6cc2b2e..bcdf0f3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/wiretest.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/wiretest.c
@@ -3745,32 +3745,28 @@ void lustre_assert_wire_constants(void)
 	CLASSERT(FIEMAP_EXTENT_NET == 0x80000000);
 
 	/* Checks for type posix_acl_xattr_entry */
-	LASSERTF((int)sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_entry) == 8, "found %lld\n",
-		 (long long)(int)sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_entry));
-	LASSERTF((int)offsetof(posix_acl_xattr_entry, e_tag) == 0, "found %lld\n",
-		 (long long)(int)offsetof(posix_acl_xattr_entry, e_tag));
-	LASSERTF((int)sizeof(((posix_acl_xattr_entry *)0)->e_tag) == 2, "found %lld\n",
-		 (long long)(int)sizeof(((posix_acl_xattr_entry *)0)->e_tag));
-	LASSERTF((int)offsetof(posix_acl_xattr_entry, e_perm) == 2, "found %lld\n",
-		 (long long)(int)offsetof(posix_acl_xattr_entry, e_perm));
-	LASSERTF((int)sizeof(((posix_acl_xattr_entry *)0)->e_perm) == 2, "found %lld\n",
-		 (long long)(int)sizeof(((posix_acl_xattr_entry *)0)->e_perm));
-	LASSERTF((int)offsetof(posix_acl_xattr_entry, e_id) == 4, "found %lld\n",
-		 (long long)(int)offsetof(posix_acl_xattr_entry, e_id));
-	LASSERTF((int)sizeof(((posix_acl_xattr_entry *)0)->e_id) == 4, "found %lld\n",
-		 (long long)(int)sizeof(((posix_acl_xattr_entry *)0)->e_id));
+	LASSERTF((int)sizeof(struct posix_acl_xattr_entry) == 8, "found %lld\n",
+		 (long long)(int)sizeof(struct posix_acl_xattr_entry));
+	LASSERTF((int)offsetof(struct posix_acl_xattr_entry, e_tag) == 0, "found %lld\n",
+		 (long long)(int)offsetof(struct posix_acl_xattr_entry, e_tag));
+	LASSERTF((int)sizeof(((struct posix_acl_xattr_entry *)0)->e_tag) == 2, "found %lld\n",
+		 (long long)(int)sizeof(((struct posix_acl_xattr_entry *)0)->e_tag));
+	LASSERTF((int)offsetof(struct posix_acl_xattr_entry, e_perm) == 2, "found %lld\n",
+		 (long long)(int)offsetof(struct posix_acl_xattr_entry, e_perm));
+	LASSERTF((int)sizeof(((struct posix_acl_xattr_entry *)0)->e_perm) == 2, "found %lld\n",
+		 (long long)(int)sizeof(((struct posix_acl_xattr_entry *)0)->e_perm));
+	LASSERTF((int)offsetof(struct posix_acl_xattr_entry, e_id) == 4, "found %lld\n",
+		 (long long)(int)offsetof(struct posix_acl_xattr_entry, e_id));
+	LASSERTF((int)sizeof(((struct posix_acl_xattr_entry *)0)->e_id) == 4, "found %lld\n",
+		 (long long)(int)sizeof(((struct posix_acl_xattr_entry *)0)->e_id));
 
 	/* Checks for type posix_acl_xattr_header */
-	LASSERTF((int)sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_header) == 4, "found %lld\n",
-		 (long long)(int)sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_header));
-	LASSERTF((int)offsetof(posix_acl_xattr_header, a_version) == 0, "found %lld\n",
-		 (long long)(int)offsetof(posix_acl_xattr_header, a_version));
-	LASSERTF((int)sizeof(((posix_acl_xattr_header *)0)->a_version) == 4, "found %lld\n",
-		 (long long)(int)sizeof(((posix_acl_xattr_header *)0)->a_version));
-	LASSERTF((int)offsetof(posix_acl_xattr_header, a_entries) == 4, "found %lld\n",
-		 (long long)(int)offsetof(posix_acl_xattr_header, a_entries));
-	LASSERTF((int)sizeof(((posix_acl_xattr_header *)0)->a_entries) == 0, "found %lld\n",
-		 (long long)(int)sizeof(((posix_acl_xattr_header *)0)->a_entries));
+	LASSERTF((int)sizeof(struct posix_acl_xattr_header) == 4, "found %lld\n",
+		 (long long)(int)sizeof(struct posix_acl_xattr_header));
+	LASSERTF((int)offsetof(struct posix_acl_xattr_header, a_version) == 0, "found %lld\n",
+		 (long long)(int)offsetof(struct posix_acl_xattr_header, a_version));
+	LASSERTF((int)sizeof(((struct posix_acl_xattr_header *)0)->a_version) == 4, "found %lld\n",
+		 (long long)(int)sizeof(((struct posix_acl_xattr_header *)0)->a_version));
 
 	/* Checks for struct link_ea_header */
 	LASSERTF((int)sizeof(struct link_ea_header) == 24, "found %lld\n",
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index a87675f..1379e59 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -4329,7 +4329,7 @@ static int __process_new_xattr(int num, struct btrfs_key *di_key,
 	int ret;
 	struct send_ctx *sctx = ctx;
 	struct fs_path *p;
-	posix_acl_xattr_header dummy_acl;
+	struct posix_acl_xattr_header dummy_acl;
 
 	p = fs_path_alloc();
 	if (!p)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index d47197e..fb63e4c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -3334,7 +3334,7 @@ CIFSSMB_set_compression(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX
 
 /*Convert an Access Control Entry from wire format to local POSIX xattr format*/
-static void cifs_convert_ace(posix_acl_xattr_entry *ace,
+static void cifs_convert_ace(struct posix_acl_xattr_entry *ace,
 			     struct cifs_posix_ace *cifs_ace)
 {
 	/* u8 cifs fields do not need le conversion */
@@ -3358,7 +3358,7 @@ static int cifs_copy_posix_acl(char *trgt, char *src, const int buflen,
 	__u16 count;
 	struct cifs_posix_ace *pACE;
 	struct cifs_posix_acl *cifs_acl = (struct cifs_posix_acl *)src;
-	posix_acl_xattr_header *local_acl = (posix_acl_xattr_header *)trgt;
+	struct posix_acl_xattr_header *local_acl = (void *)trgt;
 
 	if (le16_to_cpu(cifs_acl->version) != CIFS_ACL_VERSION)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -3396,9 +3396,11 @@ static int cifs_copy_posix_acl(char *trgt, char *src, const int buflen,
 	} else if (size > buflen) {
 		return -ERANGE;
 	} else /* buffer big enough */ {
+		struct posix_acl_xattr_entry *ace = (void *)(local_acl + 1);
+
 		local_acl->a_version = cpu_to_le32(POSIX_ACL_XATTR_VERSION);
 		for (i = 0; i < count ; i++) {
-			cifs_convert_ace(&local_acl->a_entries[i], pACE);
+			cifs_convert_ace(&ace[i], pACE);
 			pACE++;
 		}
 	}
@@ -3406,7 +3408,7 @@ static int cifs_copy_posix_acl(char *trgt, char *src, const int buflen,
 }
 
 static __u16 convert_ace_to_cifs_ace(struct cifs_posix_ace *cifs_ace,
-				     const posix_acl_xattr_entry *local_ace)
+				     const struct posix_acl_xattr_entry *local_ace)
 {
 	__u16 rc = 0; /* 0 = ACL converted ok */
 
@@ -3431,7 +3433,7 @@ static __u16 ACL_to_cifs_posix(char *parm_data, const char *pACL,
 {
 	__u16 rc = 0;
 	struct cifs_posix_acl *cifs_acl = (struct cifs_posix_acl *)parm_data;
-	posix_acl_xattr_header *local_acl = (posix_acl_xattr_header *)pACL;
+	struct posix_acl_xattr_header *local_acl = (void *)pACL;
 	int count;
 	int i;
 
@@ -3459,7 +3461,7 @@ static __u16 ACL_to_cifs_posix(char *parm_data, const char *pACL,
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		rc = convert_ace_to_cifs_ace(&cifs_acl->ace_array[i],
-					&local_acl->a_entries[i]);
+			(struct posix_acl_xattr_entry *)(local_acl + 1));
 		if (rc != 0) {
 			/* ACE not converted */
 			break;
diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 59d47ab0..8cdcbb1 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -633,15 +633,15 @@ static void posix_acl_fix_xattr_userns(
 	struct user_namespace *to, struct user_namespace *from,
 	void *value, size_t size)
 {
-	posix_acl_xattr_header *header = (posix_acl_xattr_header *)value;
-	posix_acl_xattr_entry *entry = (posix_acl_xattr_entry *)(header+1), *end;
+	struct posix_acl_xattr_header *header = value;
+	struct posix_acl_xattr_entry *entry = (void *)(header + 1), *end;
 	int count;
 	kuid_t uid;
 	kgid_t gid;
 
 	if (!value)
 		return;
-	if (size < sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_header))
+	if (size < sizeof(struct posix_acl_xattr_header))
 		return;
 	if (header->a_version != cpu_to_le32(POSIX_ACL_XATTR_VERSION))
 		return;
@@ -691,15 +691,15 @@ struct posix_acl *
 posix_acl_from_xattr(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
 		     const void *value, size_t size)
 {
-	posix_acl_xattr_header *header = (posix_acl_xattr_header *)value;
-	posix_acl_xattr_entry *entry = (posix_acl_xattr_entry *)(header+1), *end;
+	const struct posix_acl_xattr_header *header = value;
+	const struct posix_acl_xattr_entry *entry = (const void *)(header + 1), *end;
 	int count;
 	struct posix_acl *acl;
 	struct posix_acl_entry *acl_e;
 
 	if (!value)
 		return NULL;
-	if (size < sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_header))
+	if (size < sizeof(struct posix_acl_xattr_header))
 		 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	if (header->a_version != cpu_to_le32(POSIX_ACL_XATTR_VERSION))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
@@ -760,8 +760,8 @@ int
 posix_acl_to_xattr(struct user_namespace *user_ns, const struct posix_acl *acl,
 		   void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
-	posix_acl_xattr_header *ext_acl = (posix_acl_xattr_header *)buffer;
-	posix_acl_xattr_entry *ext_entry;
+	struct posix_acl_xattr_header *ext_acl = buffer;
+	struct posix_acl_xattr_entry *ext_entry;
 	int real_size, n;
 
 	real_size = posix_acl_xattr_size(acl->a_count);
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ posix_acl_to_xattr(struct user_namespace *user_ns, const struct posix_acl *acl,
 	if (real_size > size)
 		return -ERANGE;
 
-	ext_entry = ext_acl->a_entries;
+	ext_entry = (void *)(ext_acl + 1);
 	ext_acl->a_version = cpu_to_le32(POSIX_ACL_XATTR_VERSION);
 
 	for (n=0; n < acl->a_count; n++, ext_entry++) {
diff --git a/include/linux/posix_acl_xattr.h b/include/linux/posix_acl_xattr.h
index e5e8ec4..d23d368 100644
--- a/include/linux/posix_acl_xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/posix_acl_xattr.h
@@ -18,34 +18,33 @@
 /* An undefined entry e_id value */
 #define ACL_UNDEFINED_ID	(-1)
 
-typedef struct {
+struct posix_acl_xattr_entry {
 	__le16			e_tag;
 	__le16			e_perm;
 	__le32			e_id;
-} posix_acl_xattr_entry;
+};
 
-typedef struct {
+struct posix_acl_xattr_header {
 	__le32			a_version;
-	posix_acl_xattr_entry	a_entries[0];
-} posix_acl_xattr_header;
+};
 
 
 static inline size_t
 posix_acl_xattr_size(int count)
 {
-	return (sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_header) +
-		(count * sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_entry)));
+	return (sizeof(struct posix_acl_xattr_header) +
+		(count * sizeof(struct posix_acl_xattr_entry)));
 }
 
 static inline int
 posix_acl_xattr_count(size_t size)
 {
-	if (size < sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_header))
+	if (size < sizeof(struct posix_acl_xattr_header))
 		return -1;
-	size -= sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_header);
-	if (size % sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_entry))
+	size -= sizeof(struct posix_acl_xattr_header);
+	if (size % sizeof(struct posix_acl_xattr_entry))
 		return -1;
-	return size / sizeof(posix_acl_xattr_entry);
+	return size / sizeof(struct posix_acl_xattr_entry);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
