1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 7da10e595297..4654fc3c246f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -712,12 +712,9 @@ static bool proc_sys_link_fill_cache(struct file *file,
         if (IS_ERR(head))
                 return false;
 
-        if (S_ISLNK(table->mode)) {
-                /* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
-                int err = sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table);
-                if (err)
-                        goto out;
-        }
+        /* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
+        if (sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table))
+                goto out;
 
         ret = proc_sys_fill_cache(file, ctx, head, table);
 out: