diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
index 871569c7d609..4216308b81b4 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ static void inotify_free_group_priv(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 {
 	/* ideally the idr is empty and we won't hit the BUG in the callback */
 	idr_for_each(&group->inotify_data.idr, idr_callback, group);
-	idr_remove_all(&group->inotify_data.idr);
 	idr_destroy(&group->inotify_data.idr);
 	atomic_dec(&group->inotify_data.user->inotify_devs);
 	free_uid(group->inotify_data.user);