1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index bb4a3e40e432..c784e8bb57a3 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2243,14 +2243,16 @@ asmlinkage long sys_linkat(int olddfd, const char __user *oldname,
         int error;
         char * to;
 
-        if (flags != 0)
+        if ((flags & ~AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) != 0)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         to = getname(newname);
         if (IS_ERR(to))
                 return PTR_ERR(to);
 
-        error = __user_walk_fd(olddfd, oldname, 0, &old_nd);
+        error = __user_walk_fd(olddfd, oldname,
+                               flags & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW ? LOOKUP_FOLLOW : 0,
+                               &old_nd);
         if (error)
                 goto exit;
         error = do_path_lookup(newdfd, to, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);