1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c b/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
index 6767b437a10..a0d92d119f4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ static void hypfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
         struct dentry *parent;
 
         parent = dentry->d_parent;
-        if (!parent || !parent->d_inode)
-                return;
         mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
         if (hypfs_positive(dentry)) {
                 if (S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))