diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 70dba72..61b58fd 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -491,9 +491,6 @@
 		return err;
 	} else {
 		int mode = inode->i_mode;
-		if ((mask & MAY_WRITE) && IS_RDONLY(inode) &&
-                    (S_ISREG(mode) || S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode)))
-                        return -EROFS;
 		if ((mask & MAY_EXEC) && !S_ISDIR(mode) && !(mode & S_IXUGO))
 			return -EACCES;
 		return 0;