diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
index 3b42938a9d3b..1dfc933b58ad 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
@@ -3210,7 +3210,6 @@ static bool ni_update_parent(struct ntfs_inode *ni, struct NTFS_DUP_INFO *dup,
 
 		/* Check simple case when parent inode equals current inode. */
 		if (ino_get(&fname->home) == ni->vfs_inode.i_ino) {
-			ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_ERROR);
 			continue;
 		}