1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 646337dc5201..529300327f45 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -600,9 +600,6 @@ static int afs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 
         /* lock down the parent dentry so we can peer at it */
         parent = dget_parent(dentry);
-        if (!parent->d_inode)
-                goto out_bad;
-
         dir = AFS_FS_I(parent->d_inode);
 
         /* validate the parent directory */