1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 08da937b1ee2..adfbaf5c04a7 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1819,7 +1819,9 @@ reval:
                 return ERR_PTR(error);
         if (force_reval)
                 nd.flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
-        error = path_walk(pathname, &nd);
+
+        current->total_link_count = 0;
+        error = link_path_walk(pathname, &nd);
         if (error) {
                 filp = ERR_PTR(error);
                 goto out;