1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index 00a6b7dc24a0..23cfa5837728 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -2603,8 +2603,7 @@ xfs_link(
         vn_trace_entry(src_vp, __FUNCTION__, (inst_t *)__return_address);
 
         target_namelen = VNAMELEN(dentry);
-        if (VN_ISDIR(src_vp))
-                return XFS_ERROR(EPERM);
+        ASSERT(!VN_ISDIR(src_vp));
 
         sip = xfs_vtoi(src_vp);
         tdp = XFS_BHVTOI(target_dir_bdp);
@@ -2699,9 +2698,8 @@ xfs_link(
         xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, tdp, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
 
         error = xfs_bumplink(tp, sip);
-        if (error) {
+        if (error)
                 goto abort_return;
-        }
 
         /*
          * If this is a synchronous mount, make sure that the
@@ -2719,9 +2717,8 @@ xfs_link(
         }
 
         error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, XFS_TRANS_RELEASE_LOG_RES, NULL);
-        if (error) {
+        if (error)
                 goto std_return;
-        }
 
         /* Fall through to std_return with error = 0. */
 std_return:
@@ -2742,6 +2739,8 @@ std_return:
         xfs_trans_cancel(tp, cancel_flags);
         goto std_return;
 }
+
+
 /*
  * xfs_mkdir
  *