diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index dd5c9f0..1f6656c 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 			return -EACCES;
 	}
 
-	if (inode->i_op && inode->i_op->permission)
+	if (inode->i_op->permission)
 		retval = inode->i_op->permission(inode, mask);
 	else
 		retval = generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
 {
 	umode_t	mode = inode->i_mode;
 
-	if (inode->i_op && inode->i_op->permission)
+	if (inode->i_op->permission)
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	if (current_fsuid() == inode->i_uid)
@@ -908,9 +908,6 @@
 		inode = next.dentry->d_inode;
 		if (!inode)
 			goto out_dput;
-		err = -ENOTDIR; 
-		if (!inode->i_op)
-			goto out_dput;
 
 		if (inode->i_op->follow_link) {
 			err = do_follow_link(&next, nd);
@@ -920,9 +917,6 @@
 			inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
 			if (!inode)
 				break;
-			err = -ENOTDIR; 
-			if (!inode->i_op)
-				break;
 		} else
 			path_to_nameidata(&next, nd);
 		err = -ENOTDIR; 
@@ -961,7 +955,7 @@
 			break;
 		inode = next.dentry->d_inode;
 		if ((lookup_flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)
-		    && inode && inode->i_op && inode->i_op->follow_link) {
+		    && inode && inode->i_op->follow_link) {
 			err = do_follow_link(&next, nd);
 			if (err)
 				goto return_err;
@@ -973,7 +967,7 @@
 			break;
 		if (lookup_flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) {
 			err = -ENOTDIR; 
-			if (!inode->i_op || !inode->i_op->lookup)
+			if (!inode->i_op->lookup)
 				break;
 		}
 		goto return_base;
@@ -1469,7 +1463,7 @@
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	if (!dir->i_op || !dir->i_op->create)
+	if (!dir->i_op->create)
 		return -EACCES;	/* shouldn't it be ENOSYS? */
 	mode &= S_IALLUGO;
 	mode |= S_IFREG;
@@ -1752,7 +1746,7 @@
 	error = -ENOENT;
 	if (!path.dentry->d_inode)
 		goto exit_dput;
-	if (path.dentry->d_inode->i_op && path.dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link)
+	if (path.dentry->d_inode->i_op->follow_link)
 		goto do_link;
 
 	path_to_nameidata(&path, &nd);
@@ -1933,7 +1927,7 @@
 	if ((S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISBLK(mode)) && !capable(CAP_MKNOD))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	if (!dir->i_op || !dir->i_op->mknod)
+	if (!dir->i_op->mknod)
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	error = devcgroup_inode_mknod(mode, dev);
@@ -2035,7 +2029,7 @@
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	if (!dir->i_op || !dir->i_op->mkdir)
+	if (!dir->i_op->mkdir)
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	mode &= (S_IRWXUGO|S_ISVTX);
@@ -2126,7 +2120,7 @@
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	if (!dir->i_op || !dir->i_op->rmdir)
+	if (!dir->i_op->rmdir)
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	DQUOT_INIT(dir);
@@ -2213,7 +2207,7 @@
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	if (!dir->i_op || !dir->i_op->unlink)
+	if (!dir->i_op->unlink)
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	DQUOT_INIT(dir);
@@ -2320,7 +2314,7 @@
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	if (!dir->i_op || !dir->i_op->symlink)
+	if (!dir->i_op->symlink)
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	error = security_inode_symlink(dir, dentry, oldname);
@@ -2401,7 +2395,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
 		return -EPERM;
-	if (!dir->i_op || !dir->i_op->link)
+	if (!dir->i_op->link)
 		return -EPERM;
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -2608,7 +2602,7 @@
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	if (!old_dir->i_op || !old_dir->i_op->rename)
+	if (!old_dir->i_op->rename)
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	DQUOT_INIT(old_dir);