1 files changed, 1 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 080419814bae..dffb86536285 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -195,9 +195,6 @@ static int ext2_link (struct dentry * old_dentry, struct inode * dir,
         struct inode *inode = old_dentry->d_inode;
         int err;
 
-        if (inode->i_nlink >= EXT2_LINK_MAX)
-                return -EMLINK;
-
         dquot_initialize(dir);
 
         inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
@@ -217,10 +214,7 @@ static int ext2_link (struct dentry * old_dentry, struct inode * dir,
 static int ext2_mkdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
         struct inode * inode;
-        int err = -EMLINK;
-
-        if (dir->i_nlink >= EXT2_LINK_MAX)
-                goto out;
+        int err;
 
         dquot_initialize(dir);
 
@@ -346,11 +340,6 @@ static int ext2_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry * old_dentry,
                         drop_nlink(new_inode);
                 inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
         } else {
-                if (dir_de) {
-                        err = -EMLINK;
-                        if (new_dir->i_nlink >= EXT2_LINK_MAX)
-                                goto out_dir;
-                }
                 err = ext2_add_link(new_dentry, old_inode);
                 if (err)
                         goto out_dir;