1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index 78a3aa83c7ea..8806b8997d2e 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -294,15 +294,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(readlinkat, int, dfd, const char __user *, pathname,
 {
         struct path path;
         int error;
+        int empty = 0;
 
         if (bufsiz <= 0)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        error = user_path_at(dfd, pathname, LOOKUP_EMPTY, &path);
+        error = user_path_at_empty(dfd, pathname, LOOKUP_EMPTY, &path, &empty);
         if (!error) {
                 struct inode *inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
 
-                error = -EINVAL;
+                error = empty ? -ENOENT : -EINVAL;
                 if (inode->i_op->readlink) {
                         error = security_inode_readlink(path.dentry);
                         if (!error) {