diff --git a/sys/fs/autofs/autofs_vnops.c b/sys/fs/autofs/autofs_vnops.c
index c631f57b2df..e0a75fa62ad 100644
--- a/sys/fs/autofs/autofs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/autofs/autofs_vnops.c
@@ -276,9 +276,6 @@ autofs_lookup(struct vop_lookup_args *ap)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (cnp->cn_nameiop == RENAME)
-		return (EOPNOTSUPP);
-
 	AUTOFS_LOCK(amp);
 	error = autofs_node_find(anp, cnp->cn_nameptr, cnp->cn_namelen, &child);
 	if (error != 0) {