diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ddb6a7c2b3d4aee1c3512e064350822533968dc5..1180f9c58093f723781ce981d8a2f2ef40a3c461 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1129,9 +1129,18 @@ static int follow_automount(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd,
 	 * of the daemon to instantiate them before they can be used.
 	 */
 	if (!(nd->flags & (LOOKUP_PARENT | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY |
-			   LOOKUP_OPEN | LOOKUP_CREATE | LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT)) &&
-	    path->dentry->d_inode)
-		return -EISDIR;
+			   LOOKUP_OPEN | LOOKUP_CREATE |
+			   LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT))) {
+		/* Positive dentry that isn't meant to trigger an
+		 * automount, EISDIR will allow it to be used,
+		 * otherwise there's no mount here "now" so return
+		 * ENOENT.
+		 */
+		if (path->dentry->d_inode)
+			return -EISDIR;
+		else
+			return -ENOENT;
+	}
 
 	if (path->dentry->d_sb->s_user_ns != &init_user_ns)
 		return -EACCES;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 6111976848ff273dad94e1a43b0e1d7c137fc729..2d0e6748e46e1f6707b0de2b127cf5ee59553c3c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3043,8 +3043,7 @@ static inline int vfs_lstat(const char __user *name, struct kstat *stat)
 static inline int vfs_fstatat(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
 			      struct kstat *stat, int flags)
 {
-	return vfs_statx(dfd, filename, flags | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT,
-			 stat, STATX_BASIC_STATS);
+	return vfs_statx(dfd, filename, flags, stat, STATX_BASIC_STATS);
 }
 static inline int vfs_fstat(int fd, struct kstat *stat)
 {