2 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/bind.c b/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
index 622f4696e484..5b99bafc31d1 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ static int cachefiles_daemon_add_cache(struct cachefiles_cache *cache)
         /* check parameters */
         ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
         if (!root->d_inode ||
-            !root->d_inode->i_op ||
             !root->d_inode->i_op->lookup ||
             !root->d_inode->i_op->mkdir ||
             !root->d_inode->i_op->setxattr ||
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
index ca65f39dc8dc..1b1283bff8de 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
@@ -779,8 +779,7 @@ struct dentry *cachefiles_get_directory(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
         }
 
         ret = -EPERM;
-        if (!subdir->d_inode->i_op ||
-            !subdir->d_inode->i_op->setxattr ||
+        if (!subdir->d_inode->i_op->setxattr ||
             !subdir->d_inode->i_op->getxattr ||
             !subdir->d_inode->i_op->lookup ||
             !subdir->d_inode->i_op->mkdir ||