diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index fa8c21d913bc5b212191d2c444cb5ce74e1d4058..8e9d37d44e9da10f457ccb78c7ab63335fdc6e64 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ build_path_from_dentry(struct dentry *direntry)
 	struct cifs_tcon *tcon = cifs_sb_master_tcon(cifs_sb);
 	unsigned seq;
 
-	if (direntry == NULL)
-		return NULL;  /* not much we can do if dentry is freed and
-		we need to reopen the file after it was closed implicitly
-		when the server crashed */
-
 	dirsep = CIFS_DIR_SEP(cifs_sb);
 	if (tcon->Flags & SMB_SHARE_IS_IN_DFS)
 		dfsplen = strnlen(tcon->treeName, MAX_TREE_SIZE + 1);