diff --git a/fs/utimes.c b/fs/utimes.c
index bb0696a4173..f4fb7eca10e 100644
--- a/fs/utimes.c
+++ b/fs/utimes.c
@@ -158,13 +158,17 @@ long do_utimes(int dfd, const char __user *filename, struct timespec *times,
 
 		if (!(flags & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW))
 			lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
-
+retry:
 		error = user_path_at(dfd, filename, lookup_flags, &path);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
 
 		error = utimes_common(&path, times);
 		path_put(&path);
+		if (retry_estale(error, lookup_flags)) {
+			lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
+			goto retry;
+		}
 	}
 
 out: