1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index cc682ab55b73..b27ba71810ec 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ static struct dentry *ext3_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, str
                         return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
                 }
                 inode = ext3_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
-                if (unlikely(IS_ERR(inode))) {
+                if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
                         if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
                                 ext3_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
                                                 "deleted inode referenced: %lu",