--- linux-2.5.25-clean/fs/affs/namei.c	Thu Jun 20 15:53:49 2002
+++ linux/fs/affs/namei.c	Fri Jul 12 12:05:24 2002
@@ -342,14 +342,7 @@
 	pr_debug("AFFS: rmdir(dir=%u, \"%.*s\")\n", (u32)dir->i_ino,
 		 (int)dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	lock_kernel();
-
-	/* WTF??? */
-	if (!dentry->d_inode)
-		return -ENOENT;
-
 	res = affs_remove_header(dentry);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return res;
 }