diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index 38cac19..a2281ca 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -166,10 +166,6 @@
 	int error;
 
 	lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
-	if (inode->i_nlink >= UFS_LINK_MAX) {
-		unlock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
-		return -EMLINK;
-	}
 
 	inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	inode_inc_link_count(inode);
@@ -183,10 +179,7 @@
 static int ufs_mkdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode * inode;
-	int err = -EMLINK;
-
-	if (dir->i_nlink >= UFS_LINK_MAX)
-		goto out;
+	int err;
 
 	lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
 	inode_inc_link_count(dir);
@@ -305,11 +298,6 @@
 			drop_nlink(new_inode);
 		inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
 	} else {
-		if (dir_de) {
-			err = -EMLINK;
-			if (new_dir->i_nlink >= UFS_LINK_MAX)
-				goto out_dir;
-		}
 		err = ufs_add_link(new_dentry, old_inode);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_dir;