diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 84b59171..2fa28c8 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3135,11 +3135,6 @@
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case F_SETFL:
-		if (!file->f_path.dentry || !file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-			break;
-		}
-
 		if ((file->f_flags & O_APPEND) && !(arg & O_APPEND)) {
 			err = file_has_perm(cred, file, FILE__WRITE);
 			break;
@@ -3162,10 +3157,6 @@
 	case F_SETLK64:
 	case F_SETLKW64:
 #endif
-		if (!file->f_path.dentry || !file->f_path.dentry->d_inode) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-			break;
-		}
 		err = file_has_perm(cred, file, FILE__LOCK);
 		break;
 	}