diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index 37e116779eb187945edba30b9322b9b708518b5a..5e8bb7f71b5ae214ab7802b77cae09a6c44901bf 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -332,9 +332,7 @@ xfs_vn_mknod(
 		ASSERT(vp);
 		ip = vn_to_inode(vp);
 
-		if (S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISBLK(mode))
-			ip->i_rdev = rdev;
-		else if (S_ISDIR(mode))
+		if (S_ISDIR(mode))
 			xfs_validate_fields(ip);
 		d_instantiate(dentry, ip);
 		xfs_validate_fields(dir);