diff --git a/fs/exfat/namei.c b/fs/exfat/namei.c
index 72a81a415167..ac9135b9fd6b 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/namei.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/namei.c
@@ -185,14 +185,9 @@ static int exfat_utf8_d_cmp(const struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int len,
 		if (u_a <= 0xFFFF && u_b <= 0xFFFF) {
 			if (exfat_toupper(sb, u_a) != exfat_toupper(sb, u_b))
 				return 1;
-		} else if (u_a > 0xFFFF && u_b > 0xFFFF) {
-			if (exfat_low_surrogate(u_a) !=
-					exfat_low_surrogate(u_b) ||
-			    exfat_high_surrogate(u_a) !=
-					exfat_high_surrogate(u_b))
-				return 1;
 		} else {
-			return 1;
+			if (u_a != u_b)
+				return 1;
 		}
 	}