diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index bec75f8e91acb800c882614e4cfdf628136baf75..799e01055f224e5514819da88be00a58ca3ba340 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -944,8 +944,6 @@ int ecryptfs_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t new_length)
 static int
 ecryptfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
-	if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
-		return -ECHILD;
 	return inode_permission(ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode), mask);
 }