diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index d648d6d2b635..f421f8d80f4d 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3266,8 +3266,8 @@ static int do_last(struct nameidata *nd,
 		   int *opened)
 {
 	struct dentry *dir = nd->path.dentry;
-	kuid_t dir_uid = dir->d_inode->i_uid;
-	umode_t dir_mode = dir->d_inode->i_mode;
+	kuid_t dir_uid = nd->inode->i_uid;
+	umode_t dir_mode = nd->inode->i_mode;
 	int open_flag = op->open_flag;
 	bool will_truncate = (open_flag & O_TRUNC) != 0;
 	bool got_write = false;