1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 5ddd7ebd9dcd..b0fbcbeb03ee 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1183,11 +1183,6 @@ static int configfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode
         struct module *subsys_owner = NULL, *new_item_owner = NULL;
         char *name;
 
-        if (dentry->d_parent == configfs_sb->s_root) {
-                ret = -EPERM;
-                goto out;
-        }
-
         sd = dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata;
 
         /*
@@ -1359,9 +1354,6 @@ static int configfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         struct module *subsys_owner = NULL, *dead_item_owner = NULL;
         int ret;
 
-        if (dentry->d_parent == configfs_sb->s_root)
-                return -EPERM;
-
         sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
         if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DEFAULT)
                 return -EPERM;
@@ -1459,6 +1451,11 @@ const struct inode_operations configfs_dir_inode_operations = {
         .setattr        = configfs_setattr,
 };
 
+const struct inode_operations configfs_root_inode_operations = {
+        .lookup         = configfs_lookup,
+        .setattr        = configfs_setattr,
+};
+
 #if 0
 int configfs_rename_dir(struct config_item * item, const char *new_name)
 {