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diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index bc045c7994e1..0b210c3ead5c 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -329,12 +329,14 @@ retry:
struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(path.dentry);
error = empty ? -ENOENT : -EINVAL;
- if (inode->i_op->readlink) {
+ /*
+ * AFS mountpoints allow readlink(2) but are not symlinks
+ */
+ if (d_is_symlink(path.dentry) || inode->i_op->readlink) {
error = security_inode_readlink(path.dentry);
if (!error) {
touch_atime(&path);
- error = inode->i_op->readlink(path.dentry,
- buf, bufsiz);
+ error = vfs_readlink(path.dentry, buf, bufsiz);
}
}
path_put(&path);