diff --git a/fs/sdcardfs/derived_perm.c b/fs/sdcardfs/derived_perm.c
index 128b3e56851f..41e0e11b3c35 100644
--- a/fs/sdcardfs/derived_perm.c
+++ b/fs/sdcardfs/derived_perm.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void get_derived_permission(struct dentry *parent, struct dentry *dentry)
 void get_derive_permissions_recursive(struct dentry *parent) {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	list_for_each_entry(dentry, &parent->d_subdirs, d_child) {
-		if (dentry && dentry->d_inode) {
+		if (dentry->d_inode) {
 			mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 			get_derived_permission(parent, dentry);
 			fix_derived_permission(dentry->d_inode);