diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 29f917517299fd0d4a61615d17a5045ce9826135..d188a107c562056dd433e960785ef39c336b0071 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static inline void __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(struct dentry *dentry)
 	 * us with the new state.
 	 */
 	parent = dentry->d_parent;
-	if (parent->d_inode && fsnotify_inode_watches_children(parent->d_inode))
+	if (fsnotify_inode_watches_children(parent->d_inode))
 		dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
 	else
 		dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;