diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 5647c29..d0a980a 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -1348,8 +1348,7 @@ make_ovl_node (struct ovl_data *lo, const char *path, struct ovl_layer *layer, c
           cleanup_close int fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY (openat (it->fd, npath, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_NOFOLLOW));
           if (fd < 0)
             {
-              /* It is a symlink, read only the ino.  */
-              if (errno == ELOOP && fstatat (it->fd, npath, &st, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == 0)
+              if (errno != EPERM && fstatat (it->fd, npath, &st, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == 0)
                 {
                   ret->tmp_ino = st.st_ino;
                   mode = st.st_mode;
diff --git a/tests/fedora-installs.sh b/tests/fedora-installs.sh
index 4ddfcbc..f437645 100755
--- a/tests/fedora-installs.sh
+++ b/tests/fedora-installs.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ docker run --rm -ti -v $(pwd)/merged:/merged centos:6 yum --installroot /merged
 
 mkdir merged/a-directory
 
+python -c 'import socket; socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_DGRAM).bind("merged/unix-socket")'
+
 setfattr -n user.foo -v bar merged/a-directory
 getfattr -d merged/a-directory | grep bar
 getfattr --only-values -n user.foo merged/a-directory | grep bar