diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 71b36afc3893a6a624ab14f04fbca95fd220ca78..1235802ba12da3892c7fdf96eba55fd94fe5efee 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -2246,8 +2246,6 @@ void inode_init_owner(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *inode,
 		/* Directories are special, and always inherit S_ISGID */
 		if (S_ISDIR(mode))
 			mode |= S_ISGID;
-		else
-			mode = mode_strip_sgid(mnt_userns, dir, mode);
 	} else
 		inode_fsgid_set(inode, mnt_userns);
 	inode->i_mode = mode;
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ac4225ad6ac425a0faa5ab2eab0f38733ca598d4..6e86ccc72a59b7df05e44d865d8c8b2a4fda0232 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3042,6 +3042,65 @@ void unlock_rename(struct dentry *p1, struct dentry *p2)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_rename);
 
+/**
+ * mode_strip_umask - handle vfs umask stripping
+ * @dir:	parent directory of the new inode
+ * @mode:	mode of the new inode to be created in @dir
+ *
+ * Umask stripping depends on whether or not the filesystem supports POSIX
+ * ACLs. If the filesystem doesn't support it umask stripping is done directly
+ * in here. If the filesystem does support POSIX ACLs umask stripping is
+ * deferred until the filesystem calls posix_acl_create().
+ *
+ * Returns: mode
+ */
+static inline umode_t mode_strip_umask(const struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
+{
+	if (!IS_POSIXACL(dir))
+		mode &= ~current_umask();
+	return mode;
+}
+
+/**
+ * vfs_prepare_mode - prepare the mode to be used for a new inode
+ * @mnt_userns:		user namespace of the mount the inode was found from
+ * @dir:	parent directory of the new inode
+ * @mode:	mode of the new inode
+ * @mask_perms:	allowed permission by the vfs
+ * @type:	type of file to be created
+ *
+ * This helper consolidates and enforces vfs restrictions on the @mode of a new
+ * object to be created.
+ *
+ * Umask stripping depends on whether the filesystem supports POSIX ACLs (see
+ * the kernel documentation for mode_strip_umask()). Moving umask stripping
+ * after setgid stripping allows the same ordering for both non-POSIX ACL and
+ * POSIX ACL supporting filesystems.
+ *
+ * Note that it's currently valid for @type to be 0 if a directory is created.
+ * Filesystems raise that flag individually and we need to check whether each
+ * filesystem can deal with receiving S_IFDIR from the vfs before we enforce a
+ * non-zero type.
+ *
+ * Returns: mode to be passed to the filesystem
+ */
+static inline umode_t vfs_prepare_mode(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
+				       const struct inode *dir, umode_t mode,
+				       umode_t mask_perms, umode_t type)
+{
+	mode = mode_strip_sgid(mnt_userns, dir, mode);
+	mode = mode_strip_umask(dir, mode);
+
+	/*
+	 * Apply the vfs mandated allowed permission mask and set the type of
+	 * file to be created before we call into the filesystem.
+	 */
+	mode &= (mask_perms & ~S_IFMT);
+	mode |= (type & S_IFMT);
+
+	return mode;
+}
+
 /**
  * vfs_create - create new file
  * @mnt_userns:	user namespace of the mount the inode was found from
@@ -3067,8 +3126,8 @@ int vfs_create(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 
 	if (!dir->i_op->create)
 		return -EACCES;	/* shouldn't it be ENOSYS? */
-	mode &= S_IALLUGO;
-	mode |= S_IFREG;
+
+	mode = vfs_prepare_mode(mnt_userns, dir, mode, S_IALLUGO, S_IFREG);
 	error = security_inode_create(dir, dentry, mode);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
@@ -3331,8 +3390,7 @@ static struct dentry *lookup_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct file *file,
 	if (open_flag & O_CREAT) {
 		if (open_flag & O_EXCL)
 			open_flag &= ~O_TRUNC;
-		if (!IS_POSIXACL(dir->d_inode))
-			mode &= ~current_umask();
+		mode = vfs_prepare_mode(mnt_userns, dir->d_inode, mode, mode, mode);
 		if (likely(got_write))
 			create_error = may_o_create(mnt_userns, &nd->path,
 						    dentry, mode);
@@ -3565,8 +3623,7 @@ struct dentry *vfs_tmpfile(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 	child = d_alloc(dentry, &slash_name);
 	if (unlikely(!child))
 		goto out_err;
-	if (!IS_POSIXACL(dir))
-		mode &= ~current_umask();
+	mode = vfs_prepare_mode(mnt_userns, dir, mode, mode, mode);
 	error = dir->i_op->tmpfile(mnt_userns, dir, child, mode);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_err;
@@ -3844,6 +3901,7 @@ int vfs_mknod(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 	if (!dir->i_op->mknod)
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	mode = vfs_prepare_mode(mnt_userns, dir, mode, mode, mode);
 	error = devcgroup_inode_mknod(mode, dev);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
@@ -3894,9 +3952,8 @@ static int do_mknodat(int dfd, struct filename *name, umode_t mode,
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		goto out1;
 
-	if (!IS_POSIXACL(path.dentry->d_inode))
-		mode &= ~current_umask();
-	error = security_path_mknod(&path, dentry, mode, dev);
+	error = security_path_mknod(&path, dentry,
+			mode_strip_umask(path.dentry->d_inode, mode), dev);
 	if (error)
 		goto out2;
 
@@ -3966,7 +4023,7 @@ int vfs_mkdir(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 	if (!dir->i_op->mkdir)
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	mode &= (S_IRWXUGO|S_ISVTX);
+	mode = vfs_prepare_mode(mnt_userns, dir, mode, S_IRWXUGO | S_ISVTX, 0);
 	error = security_inode_mkdir(dir, dentry, mode);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
@@ -3994,9 +4051,8 @@ int do_mkdirat(int dfd, struct filename *name, umode_t mode)
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		goto out_putname;
 
-	if (!IS_POSIXACL(path.dentry->d_inode))
-		mode &= ~current_umask();
-	error = security_path_mkdir(&path, dentry, mode);
+	error = security_path_mkdir(&path, dentry,
+			mode_strip_umask(path.dentry->d_inode, mode));
 	if (!error) {
 		struct user_namespace *mnt_userns;
 		mnt_userns = mnt_user_ns(path.mnt);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index c75fd54b91854ba9a95b0538a4723e2235983ad6..961d1cf54388e3a8a9651eed03c758ec0fe65b49 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ static struct inode *ocfs2_get_init_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
 	 * callers. */
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode))
 		set_nlink(inode, 2);
+	mode = mode_strip_sgid(&init_user_ns, dir, mode);
 	inode_init_owner(&init_user_ns, inode, dir, mode);
 	status = dquot_initialize(inode);
 	if (status)