diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 8e95a75a4559..80a9e50392a0 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static int fuse_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *entry, unsigned int flags)
 	if (inode && fuse_is_bad(inode))
 		goto invalid;
 	else if (time_before64(fuse_dentry_time(entry), get_jiffies_64()) ||
-		 (flags & LOOKUP_REVAL)) {
+		 (flags & (LOOKUP_EXCL | LOOKUP_REVAL))) {
 		struct fuse_entry_out outarg;
 		FUSE_ARGS(args);
 		struct fuse_forget_link *forget;