diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 16521a9f203859a28a8804d3fb2f5f4cb894ed7f..fbee67b92651006807b8b385c57c31fa3e210a0c 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -2109,7 +2109,7 @@ void d_delete(struct dentry * dentry)
 	inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	isdir = S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode);
 	if (dentry->d_count == 1) {
-		if (inode && !spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
+		if (!spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			cpu_relax();
 			goto again;