diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index f26cecbd6e73..930b51d6308b 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1711,6 +1711,11 @@ static inline int should_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *link,
 		return 0;
 	if (!follow)
 		return 0;
+	/* make sure that d_is_symlink above matches inode */
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+		if (read_seqcount_retry(&link->dentry->d_seq, seq))
+			return -ECHILD;
+	}
 	return pick_link(nd, link, inode, seq);
 }