diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2e55c80608dc..629f19106e69 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a3a065e3f13da8a3470ed09c7f38aad256083726
+refs/heads/master: cb59861f03a626196a23fdef5e20ddbb8cca6466
diff --git a/trunk/fs/namei.c b/trunk/fs/namei.c
index d2783c8a770b..dad4b80257db 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/namei.c
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
 
 	path_to_nameidata(&path, &nd);
 	error = -EISDIR;
-	if (path.dentry->d_inode && S_ISDIR(path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+	if (S_ISDIR(path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
 		goto exit;
 ok:
 	/*