1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index dc40e75cba88..203086498caa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, stru
                         return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
                 }
                 inode = ext4_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
-                if (unlikely(IS_ERR(inode))) {
+                if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
                         if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
                                 EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir,
                                                  "deleted inode referenced: %u",