1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c b/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
index 0f00da329e71..1818ce7f5a06 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
@@ -658,12 +658,6 @@ static int _autofs_dev_ioctl(unsigned int command, struct autofs_dev_ioctl __use
                         goto out;
                 }
 
-                if (!fp->f_op) {
-                        err = -ENOTTY;
-                        fput(fp);
-                        goto out;
-                }
-
                 sbi = autofs_dev_ioctl_sbi(fp);
                 if (!sbi || sbi->magic != AUTOFS_SBI_MAGIC) {
                         err = -EINVAL;