diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c
index 265f016..c672b32 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_export.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 	if (!ip)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 
-	if (!ip->i_d.di_mode || ip->i_d.di_gen != generation) {
+	if (ip->i_d.di_gen != generation) {
 		xfs_iput_new(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
index 4ddb86b..98e8780 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
 		return error;
 	if (ip == NULL)
 		return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
-	if (ip->i_d.di_mode == 0 || ip->i_d.di_gen != igen) {
+	if (ip->i_d.di_gen != igen) {
 		xfs_iput_new(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 		return XFS_ERROR(ENOENT);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
index 40ea564..fb624a1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
@@ -1737,12 +1737,6 @@
 		return error;
 	}
 
-	if (ip->i_d.di_mode == 0) {
-		xfs_iput_new(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-		*res = BULKSTAT_RV_NOTHING;
-		return XFS_ERROR(ENOENT);
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Obtain the locked dquots. In case of an error (eg. allocation
 	 * fails for ENOSPC), we return the negative of the error number
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_syscalls.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
index 8342823..768a3b2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm_syscalls.c
@@ -1366,12 +1366,6 @@
 		return (error);
 	}
 
-	if (ip->i_d.di_mode == 0) {
-		xfs_iput_new(ip, lock_flags);
-		*res = BULKSTAT_RV_NOTHING;
-		return XFS_ERROR(ENOENT);
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * This inode can have blocks after eof which can get released
 	 * when we send it to inactive. Since we don't check the dquot
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
index eb85bde..419de15 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
@@ -71,11 +71,6 @@
 
 	ASSERT(ip != NULL);
 	ASSERT(ip->i_blkno != (xfs_daddr_t)0);
-	if (ip->i_d.di_mode == 0) {
-		*stat = BULKSTAT_RV_NOTHING;
-		error = XFS_ERROR(ENOENT);
-		goto out_iput;
-	}
 
 	vp = XFS_ITOV(ip);
 	dic = &ip->i_d;
@@ -124,7 +119,6 @@
 		break;
 	}
 
- out_iput:
 	xfs_iput(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 	return error;
 }