diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/bind.c b/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
index 622f4696e48435f47759ab35869ce692cc697188..5b99bafc31d13011801bb1ab3002b59f6c41cad0 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ static int cachefiles_daemon_add_cache(struct cachefiles_cache *cache)
 	/* check parameters */
 	ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	if (!root->d_inode ||
-	    !root->d_inode->i_op ||
 	    !root->d_inode->i_op->lookup ||
 	    !root->d_inode->i_op->mkdir ||
 	    !root->d_inode->i_op->setxattr ||
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
index ca65f39dc8dc38823bb4a6070c717671acffba72..1b1283bff8debf95bcaaac1a27331121ee3019f9 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
@@ -779,8 +779,7 @@ struct dentry *cachefiles_get_directory(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
 	}
 
 	ret = -EPERM;
-	if (!subdir->d_inode->i_op ||
-	    !subdir->d_inode->i_op->setxattr ||
+	if (!subdir->d_inode->i_op->setxattr ||
 	    !subdir->d_inode->i_op->getxattr ||
 	    !subdir->d_inode->i_op->lookup ||
 	    !subdir->d_inode->i_op->mkdir ||
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
index 3bab89eb21d608b1123b97188234137db83869b8..e90ab0e20db8c90c41bb7339872558c06477da40 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static int evm_calc_hmac_or_hash(struct dentry *dentry,
 	int error;
 	int size;
 
-	if (!inode->i_op || !inode->i_op->getxattr)
+	if (!inode->i_op->getxattr)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	desc = init_desc(type);
 	if (IS_ERR(desc))
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 336b3ddfe63f5304374f860419cd3f5251bde5b8..bab1c39ffcaf234f4889587b8a69afd1432f5af3 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static int evm_find_protected_xattrs(struct dentry *dentry)
 	int error;
 	int count = 0;
 
-	if (!inode->i_op || !inode->i_op->getxattr)
+	if (!inode->i_op->getxattr)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	for (xattr = evm_config_xattrnames; *xattr != NULL; xattr++) {
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/realpath.c b/security/tomoyo/realpath.c
index 80a09c37cac8eba4cc26b121da37d2e03929cb55..a3386d119425eb8367194063470efe017eef622b 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/realpath.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/realpath.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static char *tomoyo_get_local_path(struct dentry *dentry, char * const buffer,
 		 * Use filesystem name if filesystem does not support rename()
 		 * operation.
 		 */
-		if (inode->i_op && !inode->i_op->rename)
+		if (!inode->i_op->rename)
 			goto prepend_filesystem_name;
 	}
 	/* Prepend device name. */
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ char *tomoyo_realpath_from_path(struct path *path)
 		 * Get local name for filesystems without rename() operation
 		 * or dentry without vfsmount.
 		 */
-		if (!path->mnt || (inode->i_op && !inode->i_op->rename))
+		if (!path->mnt || !inode->i_op->rename)
 			pos = tomoyo_get_local_path(path->dentry, buf,
 						    buf_len - 1);
 		/* Get absolute name for the rest. */