1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 228a2c2ad8d7..07f7a92fe88e 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -576,8 +576,6 @@ static int inotify_update_existing_watch(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 
         /* don't allow invalid bits: we don't want flags set */
         mask = inotify_arg_to_mask(arg);
-        if (unlikely(!(mask & IN_ALL_EVENTS)))
-                return -EINVAL;
 
         fsn_mark = fsnotify_find_inode_mark(group, inode);
         if (!fsn_mark)
@@ -629,8 +627,6 @@ static int inotify_new_watch(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 
         /* don't allow invalid bits: we don't want flags set */
         mask = inotify_arg_to_mask(arg);
-        if (unlikely(!(mask & IN_ALL_EVENTS)))
-                return -EINVAL;
 
         tmp_i_mark = kmem_cache_alloc(inotify_inode_mark_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (unlikely(!tmp_i_mark))