diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 5e65f67ee92616257c8819d36533e5dc5906a998..f49d6abfa79935d7e81dc67d81499e4fdbe0786f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ static int follow_automount(struct path *path, unsigned flags,
 	/* We don't want to mount if someone supplied AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT
 	 * and this is the terminal part of the path.
 	 */
-	if ((flags & LOOKUP_NO_AUTOMOUNT) && !(flags & LOOKUP_CONTINUE))
+	if ((flags & LOOKUP_NO_AUTOMOUNT) && !(flags & LOOKUP_PARENT))
 		return -EISDIR; /* we actually want to stop here */
 
 	/* We want to mount if someone is trying to open/create a file of any
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static int follow_automount(struct path *path, unsigned flags,
 	 * appended a '/' to the name.
 	 */
 	if (!(flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW) &&
-	    !(flags & (LOOKUP_CONTINUE | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY |
+	    !(flags & (LOOKUP_PARENT | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY |
 		       LOOKUP_OPEN | LOOKUP_CREATE)))
 		return -EISDIR;
 
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static int follow_automount(struct path *path, unsigned flags,
 		 * the path being looked up; if it wasn't then the remainder of
 		 * the path is inaccessible and we should say so.
 		 */
-		if (PTR_ERR(mnt) == -EISDIR && (flags & LOOKUP_CONTINUE))
+		if (PTR_ERR(mnt) == -EISDIR && (flags & LOOKUP_PARENT))
 			return -EREMOTE;
 		return PTR_ERR(mnt);
 	}
@@ -1281,7 +1281,6 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct path next;
 	int err;
-	unsigned int lookup_flags = nd->flags;
 	
 	while (*name=='/')
 		name++;
@@ -1295,8 +1294,6 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 		unsigned int c;
 		int type;
 
-		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_CONTINUE;
-
 		err = may_lookup(nd);
  		if (err)
 			break;
@@ -1358,8 +1355,6 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 		/* here ends the main loop */
 
 last_component:
-		/* Clear LOOKUP_CONTINUE iff it was previously unset */
-		nd->flags &= lookup_flags | ~LOOKUP_CONTINUE;
 		nd->last = this;
 		nd->last_type = type;
 		return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index eba45ea1029899aaa57da823db1fddacadae9944..3439ab862e1da04d86f2a746b06e675df298b779 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ enum {LAST_NORM, LAST_ROOT, LAST_DOT, LAST_DOTDOT, LAST_BIND};
  */
 #define LOOKUP_FOLLOW		0x0001
 #define LOOKUP_DIRECTORY	0x0002
-#define LOOKUP_CONTINUE		0x0004
 
 #define LOOKUP_PARENT		0x0010
 #define LOOKUP_REVAL		0x0020