diff --git a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
index c43fe9b39ff2dc366e8e26f9d2806b93bb28a2e7..6d0a7fa9abb3010141f5407e465296645b83855f 100644
--- a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
+++ b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
@@ -112,18 +112,14 @@ reconnect_path(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *target_dir, char *nbuf)
 	while (target_dir->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED && noprogress++ < 10) {
 		struct dentry *pd = find_disconnected_root(target_dir);
 
+		BUG_ON(pd == mnt->mnt_sb->s_root);
+
 		if (!IS_ROOT(pd)) {
 			/* must have found a connected parent - great */
 			spin_lock(&pd->d_lock);
 			pd->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
 			spin_unlock(&pd->d_lock);
 			noprogress = 0;
-		} else if (pd == mnt->mnt_sb->s_root) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "export: Eeek filesystem root is not connected, impossible\n");
-			spin_lock(&pd->d_lock);
-			pd->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_DISCONNECTED;
-			spin_unlock(&pd->d_lock);
-			noprogress = 0;
 		} else {
 			/*
 			 * We have hit the top of a disconnected path, try to