diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ed48178ada1903bdc5c8c24c9ce11dab619da5ef..6503767746f6a644421e6df6ca011204977e6c09 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3195,10 +3195,6 @@ static int do_last(struct nameidata *nd,
 		return error;
 	}
 	audit_inode(nd->name, nd->path.dentry, 0);
-	if (unlikely(d_is_symlink(nd->path.dentry))) {
-		error = -ELOOP;
-		goto out;
-	}
 	error = -EISDIR;
 	if ((open_flag & O_CREAT) && d_is_dir(nd->path.dentry))
 		goto out;