1 files changed, 1 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/fs/utimes.c b/kernel/fs/utimes.c
index aa138d645..cb771c30d 100644
--- a/kernel/fs/utimes.c
+++ b/kernel/fs/utimes.c
@@ -87,20 +87,7 @@ static int utimes_common(struct path *path, struct timespec *times)
 		 */
 		newattrs.ia_valid |= ATTR_TIMES_SET;
 	} else {
-		/*
-		 * If times is NULL (or both times are UTIME_NOW),
-		 * then we need to check permissions, because
-		 * inode_change_ok() won't do it.
-		 */
-		error = -EACCES;
-                if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
-			goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
-
-		if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode)) {
-			error = inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
-			if (error)
-				goto mnt_drop_write_and_out;
-		}
+		newattrs.ia_valid |= ATTR_TOUCH;
 	}
 retry_deleg:
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
@@ -112,7 +99,6 @@ retry_deleg:
 			goto retry_deleg;
 	}
 
-mnt_drop_write_and_out:
 	mnt_drop_write(path->mnt);
 out:
 	return error;