diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index ca16c5d7bab1..0b5a19de4636 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -1088,9 +1088,6 @@ static int do_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct timespec time;
 	unsigned int uninitialized_var(saved_nlink);
 
-	if (flags & ~RENAME_NOREPLACE)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	/*
 	 * Budget request settings: deletion direntry, new direntry, removing
 	 * the old inode, and changing old and new parent directory inodes.