diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7aec7b325ee4..3c3b433c195d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1fe0c0230a7c2d5f4061e681a3f3be9512446d23
+refs/heads/master: 3a8ca1b6bf7069338e266082479f2f632c29afb3
diff --git a/trunk/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c b/trunk/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
index 6767b437a103..a0d92d119f4b 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ static void hypfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
 	struct dentry *parent;
 
 	parent = dentry->d_parent;
-	if (!parent || !parent->d_inode)
-		return;
 	mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	if (hypfs_positive(dentry)) {
 		if (S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))