diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 07449b91..a994ccf 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@
 	struct path path;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int res;
+	unsigned int lookup_flags = LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
 
 	if (mode & ~S_IRWXO)	/* where's F_OK, X_OK, W_OK, R_OK? */
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -338,8 +339,8 @@
 	}
 
 	old_cred = override_creds(override_cred);
-
-	res = user_path_at(dfd, filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
+retry:
+	res = user_path_at(dfd, filename, lookup_flags, &path);
 	if (res)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -374,6 +375,10 @@
 
 out_path_release:
 	path_put(&path);
+	if (retry_estale(res, lookup_flags)) {
+		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+		goto retry;
+	}
 out:
 	revert_creds(old_cred);
 	put_cred(override_cred);