diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 961bc1268366d80c8b44adf5adc0aec26f59edbd..57ae9c8c66bfc6d98ae96643874710cdc3de321a 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -689,8 +689,6 @@ void nd_jump_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path)
 	nd->path = *path;
 	nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 	nd->flags |= LOOKUP_JUMPED;
-
-	BUG_ON(nd->inode->i_op->follow_link);
 }
 
 static inline void put_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *link, void *cookie)