diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index d221995..14f4545 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -300,11 +300,13 @@
 	struct path path;
 	int error;
 	int empty = 0;
+	unsigned int lookup_flags = LOOKUP_EMPTY;
 
 	if (bufsiz <= 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	error = user_path_at_empty(dfd, pathname, LOOKUP_EMPTY, &path, &empty);
+retry:
+	error = user_path_at_empty(dfd, pathname, lookup_flags, &path, &empty);
 	if (!error) {
 		struct inode *inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
 
@@ -318,6 +320,10 @@
 			}
 		}
 		path_put(&path);
+		if (retry_estale(error, lookup_flags)) {
+			lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+			goto retry;
+		}
 	}
 	return error;
 }