diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index a6f64a98ac508a5d29da37f30988e83ef7b1ec9c..f7aabfeca0331fa0b09b16d28a4931af95b7c29a 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -486,8 +486,6 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
 		if (!(nd.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC) &&
 		    S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
 			int err = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_EXEC);
-			if (!err && !(inode->i_mode & 0111))
-				err = -EACCES;
 			file = ERR_PTR(err);
 			if (!err) {
 				file = nameidata_to_filp(&nd, O_RDONLY);