1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index 68fdf45cc6c9..4b2eb564fdad 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -1122,10 +1122,6 @@ static int reiserfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
                 reiserfs_write_unlock(dir->i_sb);
                 return -EMLINK;
         }
-        if (inode->i_nlink == 0) {
-                reiserfs_write_unlock(dir->i_sb);
-                return -ENOENT;
-        }
 
         /* inc before scheduling so reiserfs_unlink knows we are here */
         inc_nlink(inode);