1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 6851b003f2a4..8f029db5d271 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -617,15 +617,6 @@ nfsd4_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 
         switch (create->cr_type) {
         case NF4LNK:
-                /* ugh! we have to null-terminate the linktext, or
-                 * vfs_symlink() will choke.  it is always safe to
-                 * null-terminate by brute force, since at worst we
-                 * will overwrite the first byte of the create namelen
-                 * in the XDR buffer, which has already been extracted
-                 * during XDR decode.
-                 */
-                create->cr_linkname[create->cr_linklen] = 0;
-
                 status = nfsd_symlink(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh,
                                       create->cr_name, create->cr_namelen,
                                       create->cr_linkname, create->cr_linklen,