diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index dadba8017c04..e45e30603215 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2086,33 +2086,6 @@ all_done: // pure jump
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-/*
- * Be careful in case the dentry is unlinked or renamed. Any mounts
- * stacked on top of it are going away. We need to make sure that we
- * don't reveal the underyling dentry during refwalk. In rcuwalk we
- * catch this via d_seq and another lookup for the name. Give the same
- * guarantee in refwalk.
- */
-static bool unlink_may_reveal(struct nameidata *nd, int flags,
-			      struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry)
-{
-	/* ".." and LOOKUP_DOWN may land on an unhashed directory */
-	if (flags & WALK_NOFOLLOW)
-		return false;
-	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_REVAL)
-		return false;
-	/* We crossed onto a mount and the name led us here while it still existed */
-	if (path->mnt != nd->path.mnt)
-		return false;
-	/* only a name on its way out is flagged */
-	if (likely(!cant_mount(dentry)))
-		return false;
-	if (!d_unlinked(dentry))
-		return false;
-	dput(no_free_ptr(path->dentry));
-	return true;
-}
-
 /*
  * Do we need to follow links? We _really_ want to be able
  * to do this check without having to look at inode->i_op,
@@ -2142,8 +2115,6 @@ static noinline const char *step_into_slowpath(struct nameidata *nd, int flags,
 			if (unlikely(!inode))
 				return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 		} else {
-			if (unlikely(unlink_may_reveal(nd, flags, &path, dentry)))
-				return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
 			dput(nd->path.dentry);
 			if (nd->path.mnt != path.mnt)
 				mntput(nd->path.mnt);