diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
index 370cecc..8d47ad8 100644
--- a/fs/afs/super.c
+++ b/fs/afs/super.c
@@ -451,17 +451,15 @@
 {
 	struct afs_vnode *vnode = _vnode;
 
-	if (flags & SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR) {
-		memset(vnode, 0, sizeof(*vnode));
-		inode_init_once(&vnode->vfs_inode);
-		init_waitqueue_head(&vnode->update_waitq);
-		mutex_init(&vnode->permits_lock);
-		mutex_init(&vnode->validate_lock);
-		spin_lock_init(&vnode->writeback_lock);
-		spin_lock_init(&vnode->lock);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vnode->writebacks);
-		INIT_WORK(&vnode->cb_broken_work, afs_broken_callback_work);
-	}
+	memset(vnode, 0, sizeof(*vnode));
+	inode_init_once(&vnode->vfs_inode);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&vnode->update_waitq);
+	mutex_init(&vnode->permits_lock);
+	mutex_init(&vnode->validate_lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&vnode->writeback_lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&vnode->lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vnode->writebacks);
+	INIT_WORK(&vnode->cb_broken_work, afs_broken_callback_work);
 }
 
 /*