1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index fa8c21d913bc..8e9d37d44e9d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ build_path_from_dentry(struct dentry *direntry)
         struct cifs_tcon *tcon = cifs_sb_master_tcon(cifs_sb);
         unsigned seq;
 
-        if (direntry == NULL)
-                return NULL;  /* not much we can do if dentry is freed and
-                we need to reopen the file after it was closed implicitly
-                when the server crashed */
-
         dirsep = CIFS_DIR_SEP(cifs_sb);
         if (tcon->Flags & SMB_SHARE_IS_IN_DFS)
                 dfsplen = strnlen(tcon->treeName, MAX_TREE_SIZE + 1);