1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index f7496c6a022b..c3a793881d04 100644
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -156,15 +156,8 @@ static int create_by_name(const char *name, mode_t mode,
          * block. A pointer to that is in the struct vfsmount that we
          * have around.
          */
-        if (!parent ) {
-                if (mount && mount->mnt_sb) {
-                        parent = mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
-                }
-        }
-        if (!parent) {
-                pr_debug("securityfs: Ah! can not find a parent!\n");
-                return -EFAULT;
-        }
+        if (!parent)
+                parent = mount->mnt_sb->s_root;
 
         mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
         *dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name));