diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 0c381686171e..acaaa7c7efa4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -670,9 +670,6 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
 	if (NFS_STALE(inode))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (NFS_STALE(inode))
-		goto out;
-
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_INODEREVALIDATE);
 	status = NFS_PROTO(inode)->getattr(server, NFS_FH(inode), &fattr);
 	if (status != 0) {