diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 1cf5d3538309..c88493b01d8d 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -1058,10 +1058,6 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
 		ufs->indexdir = ovl_workdir_create(sb, ufs, workpath.dentry,
 						   OVL_INDEXDIR_NAME, true);
-		err = PTR_ERR(ufs->indexdir);
-		if (IS_ERR(ufs->indexdir))
-			goto out_put_lower_mnt;
-
 		if (ufs->indexdir) {
 			/* Verify upper root is index dir origin */
 			err = ovl_verify_origin(ufs->indexdir, ufs->upper_mnt,