diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index f247da9..5ab9896 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@
 	i_size_write(inode, offset);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 out_truncate:
-	if (inode->i_op && inode->i_op->truncate)
+	if (inode->i_op->truncate)
 		inode->i_op->truncate(inode);
 	return 0;
 out_sig:
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 5e78fc1..0111906 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -612,8 +612,7 @@
 	struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat;
 
 	lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
-	if (!lower_dentry->d_inode->i_op ||
-	    !lower_dentry->d_inode->i_op->readlink) {
+	if (!lower_dentry->d_inode->i_op->readlink) {
 		rc = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
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);
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) {
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 1cd7d40..d882fd2 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
 	if (((offset + len) > inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes) || ((offset + len) < 0))
 		goto out_fput;
 
-	if (inode->i_op && inode->i_op->fallocate)
+	if (inode->i_op->fallocate)
 		ret = inode->i_op->fallocate(inode, mode, offset, len);
 	else
 		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index 7c46fbe..7e12a6f8 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
 		struct inode *inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
 
 		error = -EINVAL;
-		if (inode->i_op && inode->i_op->readlink) {
+		if (inode->i_op->readlink) {
 			error = security_inode_readlink(path.dentry);
 			if (!error) {
 				touch_atime(path.mnt, path.dentry);
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 468377e..237804c 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (d->d_inode->i_op && d->d_inode->i_op->listxattr) {
+	if (d->d_inode->i_op->listxattr) {
 		error = d->d_inode->i_op->listxattr(d, list, size);
 	} else {
 		error = security_inode_listsecurity(d->d_inode, list, size);