diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-posix-acl.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-posix-acl.c
index eadae270dd..4b2cb3c66c 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-posix-acl.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-posix-acl.c
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ static int mp_pacl_removexattr(FsContext *ctx,
     int ret;
 
     ret = local_removexattr_nofollow(ctx, path, MAP_ACL_ACCESS);
-    if (ret == -1 && errno == ENODATA) {
+    /*
+     * macOS returns ENOATTR (!=ENODATA on macOS), whereas Linux returns
+     * ENODATA (==ENOATTR on Linux), so checking for ENOATTR is fine
+     */
+    if (ret == -1 && errno == ENOATTR) {
         /*
          * We don't get ENODATA error when trying to remove a
          * posix acl that is not present. So don't throw the error
@@ -115,7 +119,11 @@ static int mp_dacl_removexattr(FsContext *ctx,
     int ret;
 
     ret = local_removexattr_nofollow(ctx, path, MAP_ACL_DEFAULT);
-    if (ret == -1 && errno == ENODATA) {
+    /*
+     * macOS returns ENOATTR (!=ENODATA on macOS), whereas Linux returns
+     * ENODATA (==ENOATTR on Linux), so checking for ENOATTR is fine
+     */
+    if (ret == -1 && errno == ENOATTR) {
         /*
          * We don't get ENODATA error when trying to remove a
          * posix acl that is not present. So don't throw the error