diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c3847f65b4cd..6ce94aae85f0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 806b681cbe588bebe8fe47dd24da62f2d1c55851
+refs/heads/master: 3866248e5f86d74960a3d1592882490ec3021675
diff --git a/trunk/fs/namei.c b/trunk/fs/namei.c
index 08da937b1ee2..adfbaf5c04a7 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/namei.c
@@ -1819,7 +1819,9 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 	if (force_reval)
 		nd.flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
-	error = path_walk(pathname, &nd);
+
+	current->total_link_count = 0;
+	error = link_path_walk(pathname, &nd);
 	if (error) {
 		filp = ERR_PTR(error);
 		goto out;