diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/super.c b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
index 642bd63932d0..ad185c723c0e 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
@@ -1295,12 +1295,6 @@ static int ntfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 
 out:
 	iput(inode);
-
-	if (sb->s_root) {
-		d_drop(sb->s_root);
-		sb->s_root = NULL;
-	}
-
 	return err;
 }