1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 10635d329175..9e701e28a329 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -455,14 +455,6 @@ static int nameidata_dentry_drop_rcu(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry
         struct fs_struct *fs = current->fs;
         struct dentry *parent = nd->path.dentry;
 
-        /*
-         * It can be possible to revalidate the dentry that we started
-         * the path walk with. force_reval_path may also revalidate the
-         * dentry already committed to the nameidata.
-         */
-        if (unlikely(parent == dentry))
-                return nameidata_drop_rcu(nd);
-
         BUG_ON(!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU));
         if (nd->root.mnt) {
                 spin_lock(&fs->lock);