diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index a994ccf39b4..402dfcb6720 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -394,8 +394,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(chdir, const char __user *, filename)
 {
 	struct path path;
 	int error;
-
-	error = user_path_dir(filename, &path);
+	unsigned int lookup_flags = LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
+retry:
+	error = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, filename, lookup_flags, &path);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -407,6 +408,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(chdir, const char __user *, filename)
 
 dput_and_out:
 	path_put(&path);
+	if (retry_estale(error, lookup_flags)) {
+		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+		goto retry;
+	}
 out:
 	return error;
 }