diff --git a/fs/hfs/bnode.c b/fs/hfs/bnode.c
index c0a73a6ffb28..c83fd0e8404d 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/bnode.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/bnode.c
@@ -296,10 +296,6 @@ static struct hfs_bnode *__hfs_bnode_create(struct hfs_btree *tree, u32 cnid)
 		page = read_mapping_page(mapping, block++, NULL);
 		if (IS_ERR(page))
 			goto fail;
-		if (PageError(page)) {
-			put_page(page);
-			goto fail;
-		}
 		node->page[i] = page;
 	}