diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 1dd68b3a209e4b091a14b053ce537b3726e21472..18ddae1365c743fc74e45a748d66fd995140c2ba 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3266,8 +3266,8 @@ static int do_last(struct nameidata *nd,
 		   struct file *file, const struct open_flags *op)
 {
 	struct dentry *dir = nd->path.dentry;
-	kuid_t dir_uid = dir->d_inode->i_uid;
-	umode_t dir_mode = dir->d_inode->i_mode;
+	kuid_t dir_uid = nd->inode->i_uid;
+	umode_t dir_mode = nd->inode->i_mode;
 	int open_flag = op->open_flag;
 	bool will_truncate = (open_flag & O_TRUNC) != 0;
 	bool got_write = false;