diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 952172ca7e45..e65fdc8550b1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -844,10 +844,6 @@ static noinline int btrfs_mksubvol(struct path *parent,
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	error = -EEXIST;
-	if (d_really_is_positive(dentry))
-		goto out_dput;
-
 	error = btrfs_may_create(dir, dentry);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_dput;