diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 72b779bc094222d046cc024c978791d698961450..3125641aaf04cb6ad366893e8ee5b4c0886b6392 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "dentry: %p\n", dentry);
 	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
-	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+	if (!d_really_is_negative(dentry) || v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
 		generic_fillattr(d_inode(dentry), stat);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index a950a927a626f2bad92969b3f617ee68a04d3336..06f911b23a510db658553650952ee6f605e74665 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_getattr_dotl(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "dentry: %p\n", dentry);
 	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
-	if (v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
+	if (!d_really_is_negative(dentry) || v9ses->cache == CACHE_LOOSE || v9ses->cache == CACHE_FSCACHE) {
 		generic_fillattr(d_inode(dentry), stat);
 		return 0;
 	}