goto out;
        }
 finish_lookup:
-       /* we _can_ be in RCU mode here */
-       if (should_follow_link(path->dentry,
-                       !(open_flag & O_PATH) || (nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW))) {
+       if (should_follow_link(path->dentry, nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)) {
                if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
                        if (unlikely(nd->path.mnt != path->mnt ||
                                     unlazy_walk(nd, path->dentry))) {
                        }
                }
                BUG_ON(inode != path->dentry->d_inode);
-               if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_FOLLOW)) {
-                       path_put_conditional(path, nd);
-                       path_put(&nd->path);
-                       return -ELOOP;
-               }
                return 1;
        }
 
+       if (unlikely(d_is_symlink(path->dentry)) && !(open_flag & O_PATH)) {
+               path_to_nameidata(path, nd);
+               error = -ELOOP;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
        if ((nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) || nd->path.mnt != path->mnt) {
                path_to_nameidata(path, nd);
        } else {