1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/readdir.c b/fs/readdir.c
index 93d71e574310..5b53d995cae6 100644
--- a/fs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/readdir.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ int iterate_dir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
         struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
         int res = -ENOTDIR;
-        if (!file->f_op || !file->f_op->iterate)
+        if (!file->f_op->iterate)
                 goto out;
 
         res = security_file_permission(file, MAY_READ);