diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ae0e56fdb7429cf363f0ad8d60b91591434d8fbb..6c76e1ee9c4584fdc019882bd2849c00180a05e2 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -268,8 +268,6 @@ int permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, struct nameidata *nd)
 		if (nd) {
 			if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_ACCESS)
 				extra |= MAY_ACCESS;
-			if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_CHDIR)
-				extra |= MAY_CHDIR;
 			if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_OPEN)
 				extra |= MAY_OPEN;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index b2e4c93aed03ab4d548552588edd9aca664e0880..8e02d42bfe443d37159750abef24fa0140db2411 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -501,12 +501,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_chdir(const char __user * filename)
 	struct nameidata nd;
 	int error;
 
-	error = __user_walk(filename,
-			    LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_DIRECTORY|LOOKUP_CHDIR, &nd);
+	error = __user_walk(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, &nd);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
-	error = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_EXEC);
+	error = vfs_permission(&nd, MAY_EXEC | MAY_CHDIR);
 	if (error)
 		goto dput_and_out;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 24d88e98a62648180a553fdfb457837bcbcb5c00..3cf62d26d49327ad0581ea99a3b3d098b70d939f 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ enum {LAST_NORM, LAST_ROOT, LAST_DOT, LAST_DOTDOT, LAST_BIND};
 #define LOOKUP_OPEN		(0x0100)
 #define LOOKUP_CREATE		(0x0200)
 #define LOOKUP_ACCESS		(0x0400)
-#define LOOKUP_CHDIR		(0x0800)
 
 extern int __user_walk(const char __user *, unsigned, struct nameidata *);
 extern int __user_walk_fd(int dfd, const char __user *, unsigned, struct nameidata *);