diff --git a/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go b/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
index 94b02bdbe84..dd00f2f25a1 100644
--- a/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
+++ b/pkg/eosclient/eosbinary/eosbinary.go
@@ -462,16 +462,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetFileInfoByInode(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authoriz
 		info.Inode = inode
 	}
 
-	// We need to inherit the ACLs for the parent directory as these are not available for files
-	if !info.IsDir {
-		parentInfo, err := c.GetFileInfoByPath(ctx, auth, path.Dir(info.File))
-		// Even if this call fails, at least return the current file object
-		if err == nil {
-			info.SysACL.Entries = append(info.SysACL.Entries, parentInfo.SysACL.Entries...)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return info, nil
+	return c.mergeParentACLsForFiles(ctx, auth, info), nil
 }
 
 // GetFileInfoByFXID returns the FileInfo by the given file id in hexadecimal
@@ -487,16 +478,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetFileInfoByFXID(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authoriza
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// We need to inherit the ACLs for the parent directory as these are not available for files
-	if !info.IsDir {
-		parentInfo, err := c.GetFileInfoByPath(ctx, auth, path.Dir(info.File))
-		// Even if this call fails, at least return the current file object
-		if err == nil {
-			info.SysACL.Entries = append(info.SysACL.Entries, parentInfo.SysACL.Entries...)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return info, nil
+	return c.mergeParentACLsForFiles(ctx, auth, info), nil
 }
 
 // GetFileInfoByPath returns the FilInfo at the given path
@@ -517,6 +499,10 @@ func (c *Client) GetFileInfoByPath(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authoriza
 		}
 	}
 
+	return c.mergeParentACLsForFiles(ctx, auth, info), nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) mergeParentACLsForFiles(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authorization, info *eosclient.FileInfo) *eosclient.FileInfo {
 	// We need to inherit the ACLs for the parent directory as these are not available for files
 	if !info.IsDir {
 		parentInfo, err := c.GetFileInfoByPath(ctx, auth, path.Dir(info.File))
@@ -525,8 +511,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetFileInfoByPath(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authoriza
 			info.SysACL.Entries = append(info.SysACL.Entries, parentInfo.SysACL.Entries...)
 		}
 	}
-
-	return info, nil
+	return info
 }
 
 // SetAttr sets an extended attributes on a path.
diff --git a/pkg/eosclient/eosgrpc/eosgrpc.go b/pkg/eosclient/eosgrpc/eosgrpc.go
index 0c5e81a5446..ae9f49a7333 100644
--- a/pkg/eosclient/eosgrpc/eosgrpc.go
+++ b/pkg/eosclient/eosgrpc/eosgrpc.go
@@ -484,6 +484,11 @@ func (c *Client) GetFileInfoByInode(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authoriz
 		info.Inode = inode
 	}
 
+	log.Debug().Str("func", "GetFileInfoByInode").Uint64("inode", inode).Msg("")
+	return c.mergeParentACLsForFiles(ctx, auth, info), nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) mergeParentACLsForFiles(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authorization, info *eosclient.FileInfo) *eosclient.FileInfo {
 	// We need to inherit the ACLs for the parent directory as these are not available for files
 	if !info.IsDir {
 		parentInfo, err := c.GetFileInfoByPath(ctx, auth, path.Dir(info.File))
@@ -492,9 +497,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetFileInfoByInode(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authoriz
 			info.SysACL.Entries = append(info.SysACL.Entries, parentInfo.SysACL.Entries...)
 		}
 	}
-
-	log.Debug().Str("func", "GetFileInfoByInode").Uint64("inode", inode).Msg("")
-	return info, nil
+	return info
 }
 
 // SetAttr sets an extended attributes on a path.
@@ -637,16 +640,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetFileInfoByPath(ctx context.Context, auth eosclient.Authoriza
 		info.Inode = inode
 	}
 
-	// We need to inherit the ACLs for the parent directory as these are not available for files
-	if !info.IsDir {
-		parentInfo, err := c.GetFileInfoByPath(ctx, auth, path.Dir(info.File))
-		// Even if this call fails, at least return the current file object
-		if err == nil {
-			info.SysACL.Entries = append(info.SysACL.Entries, parentInfo.SysACL.Entries...)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return info, nil
+	return c.mergeParentACLsForFiles(ctx, auth, info), nil
 }
 
 // GetFileInfoByFXID returns the FileInfo by the given file id in hexadecimal