diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 7971354..69fc995 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int error;
 
-	if (!inode->i_op || !inode->i_op->getxattr)
+	if (!inode->i_op->getxattr)
 	       return 0;
 
 	error = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS, NULL, 0);
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 
-	if (!inode->i_op || !inode->i_op->removexattr)
+	if (!inode->i_op->removexattr)
 	       return 0;
 
 	return inode->i_op->removexattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS);
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
 
 	memset(cpu_caps, 0, sizeof(struct cpu_vfs_cap_data));
 
-	if (!inode || !inode->i_op || !inode->i_op->getxattr)
+	if (!inode || !inode->i_op->getxattr)
 		return -ENODATA;
 
 	size = inode->i_op->getxattr((struct dentry *)dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS, &caps,