diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index cc9bde854e5a..135d5f5456a0 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -786,11 +786,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(inotify_add_watch, int, fd, const char __user *, pathname,
 		if (path.dentry->d_op->d_canonical_path) {
 			ret = path.dentry->d_op->d_canonical_path(&path,
 							    &alteredpath);
-			if (ret)
-				goto path_put_and_out;
-
-			canonical_path = &alteredpath;
-			path_put(&path);
+			if (ret != -ENOSYS) {
+				if (ret) {
+					goto path_put_and_out;
+				}
+				canonical_path = &alteredpath;
+				path_put(&path);
+			}
 		}
 	}