diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 7ac9fb4acb2c7d265fc48dff00810861f65cc4ce..b760e1e18b48782d75cd72eed3ccc65fa45f3f8c 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ static fastcall int __link_path_walk(const char * name, struct nameidata *nd)
 
 	inode = nd->dentry->d_inode;
 	if (nd->depth)
-		lookup_flags = LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
+		lookup_flags = LOOKUP_FOLLOW | (nd->flags & LOOKUP_CONTINUE);
 
 	/* At this point we know we have a real path component. */
 	for(;;) {
@@ -885,7 +885,8 @@ static fastcall int __link_path_walk(const char * name, struct nameidata *nd)
 last_with_slashes:
 		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
 last_component:
-		nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_CONTINUE;
+		/* Clear LOOKUP_CONTINUE iff it was previously unset */
+		nd->flags &= lookup_flags | ~LOOKUP_CONTINUE;
 		if (lookup_flags & LOOKUP_PARENT)
 			goto lookup_parent;
 		if (this.name[0] == '.') switch (this.len) {