diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index cc682ab55b73ded23067a226d1bed962bcf1300b..b27ba71810ecdb57efbf7739559eb7bb76b1126e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ static struct dentry *ext3_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, str
 			return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 		}
 		inode = ext3_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
-		if (unlikely(IS_ERR(inode))) {
+		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 			if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
 				ext3_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
 						"deleted inode referenced: %lu",