1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 0efdb65953c5..c23f050f47c2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4806,9 +4806,6 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
         int err;
         int drop_inode = 0;
 
-        if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
-                return -ENOENT;
-
         /* do not allow sys_link's with other subvols of the same device */
         if (root->objectid != BTRFS_I(inode)->root->objectid)
                 return -EPERM;