diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index d6b9758ee23d..8c154490a2d6 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -532,9 +532,6 @@ static struct dentry *affs_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 	parent = affs_iget(child->d_sb,
 			   be32_to_cpu(AFFS_TAIL(child->d_sb, bh)->parent));
 	brelse(bh);
-	if (IS_ERR(parent))
-		return ERR_CAST(parent);
-
 	return d_obtain_alias(parent);
 }