diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index a13a54d3..99c3ce5 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -514,11 +514,16 @@
 {
 	struct path path;
 	int error;
-
-	error = user_path_at(dfd, filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
+	unsigned int lookup_flags = LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
+retry:
+	error = user_path_at(dfd, filename, lookup_flags, &path);
 	if (!error) {
 		error = chmod_common(&path, mode);
 		path_put(&path);
+		if (retry_estale(error, lookup_flags)) {
+			lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+			goto retry;
+		}
 	}
 	return error;
 }