1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index b486169f42bf..274ac865bae8 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -160,15 +160,8 @@ static int debugfs_create_by_name(const char *name, mode_t mode,
          * block. A pointer to that is in the struct vfsmount that we
          * have around.
          */
-        if (!parent) {
-                if (debugfs_mount && debugfs_mount->mnt_sb) {
-                        parent = debugfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
-                }
-        }
-        if (!parent) {
-                pr_debug("debugfs: Ah! can not find a parent!\n");
-                return -EFAULT;
-        }
+        if (!parent)
+                parent = debugfs_mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
 
         *dentry = NULL;
         mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);