diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index 9c51f621e90105bad9481ab83272f57850c5d104..844bd64807d4fa2f108d577f47d47cd5df689674 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -1033,15 +1033,6 @@ static int ncp_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	DPRINTK("ncp_rmdir: removing %s/%s\n",
 		dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	/*
-	 * fail with EBUSY if there are still references to this
-	 * directory.
-	 */
-	dentry_unhash(dentry);
-	error = -EBUSY;
-	if (!d_unhashed(dentry))
-		goto out;
-
 	len = sizeof(__name);
 	error = ncp_io2vol(server, __name, &len, dentry->d_name.name,
 			   dentry->d_name.len, !ncp_preserve_case(dir));