diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index c58f01babf30e7ecbfe86ab0862a8c8171734866..7fb53d05553780ac4bc9f3909afdb81df723af32 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -270,9 +270,6 @@ struct posix_acl *ovl_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL) || !IS_POSIXACL(realinode))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (!realinode->i_op->get_acl)
-		return NULL;
-
 	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(inode->i_sb);
 	acl = get_acl(realinode, type);
 	revert_creds(old_cred);