diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 13ff9192f5d4..8dabb5e58187 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1e75529e3c6c18dc535f38454173c4f2dfa99685
+refs/heads/master: 582aa64a04a579d47d05e4a0ee85bf047978ef4d
diff --git a/trunk/fs/namei.c b/trunk/fs/namei.c
index 5f4cdf3ad913..e245d88b4d69 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/namei.c
@@ -1903,6 +1903,7 @@ static int path_init(int dfd, const char *name, unsigned int flags,
 			get_fs_pwd(current->fs, &nd->path);
 		}
 	} else {
+		/* Caller must check execute permissions on the starting path component */
 		struct fd f = fdget_raw(dfd);
 		struct dentry *dentry;
 
@@ -1916,12 +1917,6 @@ static int path_init(int dfd, const char *name, unsigned int flags,
 				fdput(f);
 				return -ENOTDIR;
 			}
-
-			retval = inode_permission(dentry->d_inode, MAY_EXEC);
-			if (retval) {
-				fdput(f);
-				return retval;
-			}
 		}
 
 		nd->path = f.file->f_path;