diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
index a69c8af7a567..9b4095f9b095 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ int ll_md_blocking_ast(struct ldlm_lock *lock, struct ldlm_lock_desc *desc,
 				master_inode = ilookup5(inode->i_sb, hash,
 							ll_test_inode_by_fid,
 							(void *)&lli->lli_pfid);
-				if (master_inode && !IS_ERR(master_inode)) {
+				if (master_inode) {
 					ll_invalidate_negative_children(master_inode);
 					iput(master_inode);
 				}