diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index d1c5f78..5245a39 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@
 	dirp = dentry->d_inode;
 
 	err = nfserr_notdir;
-	if(!dirp->i_op || !dirp->i_op->lookup)
+	if (!dirp->i_op->lookup)
 		goto out;
 	/*
 	 * Check whether the response file handle has been verified yet.
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@
 	/* Get all the sanity checks out of the way before
 	 * we lock the parent. */
 	err = nfserr_notdir;
-	if(!dirp->i_op || !dirp->i_op->lookup)
+	if (!dirp->i_op->lookup)
 		goto out;
 	fh_lock_nested(fhp, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@
 	inode = dentry->d_inode;
 
 	err = nfserr_inval;
-	if (!inode->i_op || !inode->i_op->readlink)
+	if (!inode->i_op->readlink)
 		goto out;
 
 	touch_atime(fhp->fh_export->ex_path.mnt, dentry);
@@ -2162,7 +2162,7 @@
 	size_t size;
 	int error;
 
-	if (!IS_POSIXACL(inode) || !inode->i_op ||
+	if (!IS_POSIXACL(inode) ||
 	    !inode->i_op->setxattr || !inode->i_op->removexattr)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	switch(type) {