Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
@@ -600,9 +600,6 @@ static int afs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
/* lock down the parent dentry so we can peer at it */
parent = dget_parent(dentry);
- if (!parent->d_inode)
- goto out_bad;
-
dir = AFS_FS_I(parent->d_inode);
/* validate the parent directory */