1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index 7c46fbeb8b76..7e12a6f82795 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_readlinkat(int dfd, const char __user *pathname,
                 struct inode *inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
 
                 error = -EINVAL;
-                if (inode->i_op && inode->i_op->readlink) {
+                if (inode->i_op->readlink) {
                         error = security_inode_readlink(path.dentry);
                         if (!error) {
                                 touch_atime(path.mnt, path.dentry);