1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 84b591711eec..2fa28c88900c 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3135,11 +3135,6 @@ static int selinux_file_fcntl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 
         switch (cmd) {
         case F_SETFL:
-                if (!file->f_path.dentry || !file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) {
-                        err = -EINVAL;
-                        break;
-                }
-
                 if ((file->f_flags & O_APPEND) && !(arg & O_APPEND)) {
                         err = file_has_perm(cred, file, FILE__WRITE);
                         break;
@@ -3162,10 +3157,6 @@ static int selinux_file_fcntl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
         case F_SETLK64:
         case F_SETLKW64:
 #endif
-                if (!file->f_path.dentry || !file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) {
-                        err = -EINVAL;
-                        break;
-                }
                 err = file_has_perm(cred, file, FILE__LOCK);
                 break;
         }