no need to check in the caller

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/smb/server/vfs.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/smb/server/vfs.c b/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
index 98b0eb966d91..e874b27666a1 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/vfs.c
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ static int ksmbd_vfs_path_lookup(struct ksmbd_share_config *share_conf,
 	}
 
 	filename = getname_kernel(pathname);
-	if (IS_ERR(filename))
-		return PTR_ERR(filename);
-
 	err = vfs_path_parent_lookup(filename, flags,
 				     path, &last, &type,
 				     root_share_path);
-- 
2.47.3