1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 5a2b269428a..3f04a180493 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -809,9 +809,6 @@ static int jfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
         if (ip->i_nlink == JFS_LINK_MAX)
                 return -EMLINK;
 
-        if (ip->i_nlink == 0)
-                return -ENOENT;
-
         dquot_initialize(dir);
 
         tid = txBegin(ip->i_sb, 0);