diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 9fd590b9bde3..a50447d461e5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -966,8 +966,6 @@ int ocfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, struct nameidata *nd)
 	}
 
 	ret = generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
-	if (ret)
-		mlog_errno(ret);
 
 	ocfs2_meta_unlock(inode, 0);
 out: