diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index dcd2040d330c..499f5ede0adf 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -747,10 +747,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(inotify_add_watch, int, fd, const char __user *, pathname,
 
 	/* create/update an inode mark */
 	ret = inotify_update_watch(group, inode, mask);
-	if (unlikely(ret))
-		goto path_put_and_out;
-
-path_put_and_out:
 	path_put(&path);
 fput_and_out:
 	fput_light(filp, fput_needed);