diff --git a/fs/sharefs/lookup.c b/fs/sharefs/lookup.c
index fb6da6b11be37c48cdaf6ee069e123c081a981f0..a4b66ecffb1961674773c134fcdd174cdb0f9b5b 100644
--- a/fs/sharefs/lookup.c
+++ b/fs/sharefs/lookup.c
@@ -154,17 +154,9 @@ static struct dentry *__sharefs_interpose(struct dentry *dentry,
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct inode *lower_inode;
-	struct super_block *lower_sb;
 	struct dentry *ret_dentry;
 
 	lower_inode = d_inode(lower_path->dentry);
-	lower_sb = sharefs_lower_super(sb);
-
-	/* check that the lower file system didn't cross a mount point */
-	if (lower_inode->i_sb != lower_sb) {
-		ret_dentry = ERR_PTR(-EXDEV);
-		goto out;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We allocate our new inode below by calling sharefs_iget,