* handle them properly.
  */
 static int __dfs_cache_find(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses,
-                           const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap,
-                           const char *path, bool noreq)
+                           const struct nls_table *nls_codepage, int remap, const char *path)
 {
        int rc;
        unsigned int hash;
        down_read(&htable_rw_lock);
 
        ce = lookup_cache_entry(path, &hash);
-
-       /*
-        * If @noreq is set, no requests will be sent to the server. Just return
-        * the cache entry.
-        */
-       if (noreq) {
-               up_read(&htable_rw_lock);
-               return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ce);
-       }
-
        if (!IS_ERR(ce)) {
                if (!cache_entry_expired(ce)) {
                        dump_ce(ce);
        if (rc)
                return rc;
 
-       rc = __dfs_cache_find(xid, ses, nls_codepage, remap, npath, false);
+       rc = __dfs_cache_find(xid, ses, nls_codepage, remap, npath);
        if (rc)
                goto out_free_path;
 
 
        cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: update target hint - path: %s\n", __func__, npath);
 
-       rc = __dfs_cache_find(xid, ses, nls_codepage, remap, npath, false);
+       rc = __dfs_cache_find(xid, ses, nls_codepage, remap, npath);
        if (rc)
                goto out_free_path;