diff --git a/src/basic/mkdir.c b/src/basic/mkdir.c
index 6e2b94d024e..71ed24c5896 100644
--- a/src/basic/mkdir.c
+++ b/src/basic/mkdir.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int mkdir_safe_internal(
         if ((flags & MKDIR_FOLLOW_SYMLINK) && S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
                 _cleanup_free_ char *p = NULL;
 
-                r = chase_symlinks_and_stat(path, NULL, CHASE_NONEXISTENT, &p, &st, NULL);
+                r = chase_symlinks_and_stat(path, NULL, 0, &p, &st, NULL);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
                 if (r == 0)