diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c.sav b/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c.sav
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
@@ -270,9 +270,6 @@
 				if ((ndp->ni_dvp->v_mount->mnt_flag &
 				     MNT_NAMEDATTR) == 0)
 					error = EINVAL;
-				else if ((vn_irflag_read(ndp->ni_dvp) &
-				     VIRF_NAMEDDIR) == 0)
-					error = ENOENT;
 				if (error != 0) {
 					vp = ndp->ni_dvp;
 					ndp->ni_dvp = NULL;