diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index d5c61cf..9610391 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -75,13 +75,16 @@
 	int error = -EINVAL;
 	int lookup_flags = 0;
 
-	if ((flag & ~(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT)) != 0)
+	if ((flag & ~(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT |
+		      AT_EMPTY_PATH)) != 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	if (!(flag & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW))
 		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
 	if (flag & AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT)
 		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_NO_AUTOMOUNT;
+	if (flag & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
+		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_EMPTY;
 
 	error = user_path_at(dfd, filename, lookup_flags, &path);
 	if (error)
@@ -297,7 +300,7 @@
 	if (bufsiz <= 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	error = user_path_at(dfd, pathname, 0, &path);
+	error = user_path_at(dfd, pathname, LOOKUP_EMPTY, &path);
 	if (!error) {
 		struct inode *inode = path.dentry->d_inode;