diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 46966fd8bcf9..12f5185f3fa9 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -1711,15 +1711,6 @@ static struct dentry *empty_dir_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 }
 
-static int empty_dir_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
-			     const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
-			     u32 request_mask, unsigned int query_flags)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(path->dentry);
-	generic_fillattr(&nop_mnt_idmap, request_mask, inode, stat);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int empty_dir_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			     struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 {
@@ -1733,9 +1724,7 @@ static ssize_t empty_dir_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t siz
 
 static const struct inode_operations empty_dir_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= empty_dir_lookup,
-	.permission	= generic_permission,
 	.setattr	= empty_dir_setattr,
-	.getattr	= empty_dir_getattr,
 	.listxattr	= empty_dir_listxattr,
 };