diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9b67be736874..fba5fce60e03 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: aa137f9d29d30592774c727ec5cfcf9891e576fa
+refs/heads/master: 060d11b0b35d13eb2251fd08403d900b71df5791
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/trunk/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 5d40ad13ab5c..131954b3fb98 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -357,10 +357,6 @@ static struct dentry *ecryptfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "Is a special file; returning\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (special_file(lower_inode->i_mode)) {
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "Is a special file; returning\n");
-		goto out;
-	}
 	if (!nd) {
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "We have a NULL nd, just leave"
 				"as we *think* we are about to unlink\n");