diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index f8aecd2..2e1d834 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 	inode = NULL;
 	if (ino) {
 		inode = ext2_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
-		if (unlikely(IS_ERR(inode))) {
+		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 			if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
 				ext2_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
 						"deleted inode referenced: %lu",