diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index bb7df2a28bd719d07978593cb10f7264b6f43f3b..22be3ff3f363ac71a319deeb2f55fd0ccbe27c26 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -173,10 +173,7 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
 	 */
 	set_user_nice(current, 0);
 
-	retval = -EPERM;
-	if (current->fs->root)
-		retval = kernel_execve(sub_info->path,
-				sub_info->argv, sub_info->envp);
+	retval = kernel_execve(sub_info->path, sub_info->argv, sub_info->envp);
 
 	/* Exec failed? */
 	sub_info->retval = retval;