1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index f8aecd2e3297..2e1d8341d827 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static struct dentry *ext2_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, str
         inode = NULL;
         if (ino) {
                 inode = ext2_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
-                if (unlikely(IS_ERR(inode))) {
+                if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
                         if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
                                 ext2_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
                                                 "deleted inode referenced: %lu",