1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 89209f00f9c7..0111906a8877 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -612,8 +612,7 @@ ecryptfs_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user * buf, int bufsiz)
         struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat;
 
         lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
-        if (!lower_dentry->d_inode->i_op ||
-            !lower_dentry->d_inode->i_op->readlink) {
+        if (!lower_dentry->d_inode->i_op->readlink) {
                 rc = -EINVAL;
                 goto out;
         }
@@ -673,10 +672,11 @@ static void *ecryptfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
         ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "Calling readlink w/ "
                         "dentry->d_name.name = [%s]\n", dentry->d_name.name);
         rc = dentry->d_inode->i_op->readlink(dentry, (char __user *)buf, len);
-        buf[rc] = '\0';
         set_fs(old_fs);
         if (rc < 0)
                 goto out_free;
+        else
+                buf[rc] = '\0';
         rc = 0;
         nd_set_link(nd, buf);
         goto out;