diff --git a/src/fuse_getattr.cpp b/src/fuse_getattr.cpp
index d682ae45..287529f0 100644
--- a/src/fuse_getattr.cpp
+++ b/src/fuse_getattr.cpp
@@ -173,14 +173,6 @@ namespace l
                     cfg->symlinkify,
                     cfg->symlinkify_timeout,
                     cfg->follow_symlinks);
-    if(rv == -ENOENT)
-      rv = l::getattr(cfg->func.getattr.policy,
-                      cfg->branches,
-                      fusepath_,
-                      st_,
-                      cfg->symlinkify,
-                      cfg->symlinkify_timeout,
-                      cfg->follow_symlinks);
 
     timeout_->entry = ((rv >= 0) ?
                        cfg->cache_entry :