diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index ed5c5d4..d60b709 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -67,15 +67,11 @@
 	inode = NULL;
 	if (ino) {
 		inode = ext2_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
-		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-			if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
-				ext2_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
-						"deleted inode referenced: %lu",
-						(unsigned long) ino);
-				return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
-			} else {
-				return ERR_CAST(inode);
-			}
+		if (inode == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE)) {
+			ext2_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
+					"deleted inode referenced: %lu",
+					(unsigned long) ino);
+			return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 		}
 	}
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);