diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 0252d9af03e8139feabe5b204da79cbf7ebfbe27..d1234a7a42144beae994f954a91e39ee878f752a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1700,15 +1700,11 @@ nfs_add_or_obtain(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,
 	struct dentry *parent = dget_parent(dentry);
 	struct inode *dir = d_inode(parent);
 	struct inode *inode;
-	struct dentry *d = NULL;
+	struct dentry *d;
 	int error;
 
 	d_drop(dentry);
 
-	/* We may have been initialized further down */
-	if (d_really_is_positive(dentry))
-		goto out;
-
 	if (fhandle->size == 0) {
 		error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->lookup(dir, &dentry->d_name, fhandle, fattr, NULL);
 		if (error)