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-rw-r--r--fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c9
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 7da10e595297..4654fc3c246f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -712,12 +712,9 @@ static bool proc_sys_link_fill_cache(struct file *file,
if (IS_ERR(head))
return false;
- if (S_ISLNK(table->mode)) {
- /* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
- int err = sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table);
- if (err)
- goto out;
- }
+ /* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
+ if (sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table))
+ goto out;
ret = proc_sys_fill_cache(file, ctx, head, table);
out: