diff --git a/seahub/api2/views.py b/seahub/api2/views.py
index e8e1369c2e..ebfa8313f4 100644
--- a/seahub/api2/views.py
+++ b/seahub/api2/views.py
@@ -3237,8 +3237,7 @@ class DirSubRepoView(APIView):
             return api_error(status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, error_msg)
 
         # permission check
-        if not check_folder_permission(request, repo_id, path) or \
-                not request.user.permissions.can_add_repo():
+        if not check_folder_permission(request, repo_id, path):
             error_msg = 'Permission denied.'
             return api_error(status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, error_msg)