diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index e8a62f4..d780896 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -954,8 +954,6 @@
 
 int reiserfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
-		return -ECHILD;
 	/*
 	 * We don't do permission checks on the internal objects.
 	 * Permissions are determined by the "owning" object.