1 files changed, 0 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index a693f5b01ae6..1c771931bb60 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -463,21 +463,10 @@ static int kernfs_dop_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 		goto out_bad;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&kernfs_mutex);
-out_valid:
 	return 1;
 out_bad:
 	mutex_unlock(&kernfs_mutex);
 out_bad_unlocked:
-	/*
-	 * @dentry doesn't match the underlying kernfs node, drop the
-	 * dentry and force lookup.  If we have submounts we must allow the
-	 * vfs caches to lie about the state of the filesystem to prevent
-	 * leaks and other nasty things, so use check_submounts_and_drop()
-	 * instead of d_drop().
-	 */
-	if (check_submounts_and_drop(dentry) != 0)
-		goto out_valid;
-
 	return 0;
 }