diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index 6bf770cfb006..fe5e9894fdee 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -320,8 +320,6 @@ linvfs_mknod(
 				teardown.d_inode = ip = LINVFS_GET_IP(vp);
 				teardown.d_name = dentry->d_name;
 
-				vn_mark_bad(vp);
-				
 				if (S_ISDIR(mode))
 					VOP_RMDIR(dvp, &teardown, NULL, err2);
 				else