struct filename *from;
        struct dentry *dentry;
        struct path path;
+       unsigned int lookup_flags = 0;
 
        from = getname(oldname);
        if (IS_ERR(from))
                return PTR_ERR(from);
-
-       dentry = user_path_create(newdfd, newname, &path, 0);
+retry:
+       dentry = user_path_create(newdfd, newname, &path, lookup_flags);
        error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
        if (IS_ERR(dentry))
                goto out_putname;
        if (!error)
                error = vfs_symlink(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from->name);
        done_path_create(&path, dentry);
+       if (retry_estale(error, lookup_flags)) {
+               lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+               goto retry;
+       }
 out_putname:
        putname(from);
        return error;