diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index 9ad2369d9e35e0651885a78dc3648ef9dbe8c412..bfcb18feb1df32b91a9db144f3f74f5873c85866 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -231,9 +231,6 @@ static int bad_inode_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer,
 
 static int bad_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
-		return -ECHILD;
-
 	return -EIO;
 }