1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 7e5a2f5ebeb0..9c69bcacad22 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ int reiserfs_new_inode(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
                 err = -EDQUOT;
                 goto out_end_trans;
         }
-        if (!dir || !dir->i_nlink) {
+        if (!dir->i_nlink) {
                 err = -EPERM;
                 goto out_bad_inode;
         }