diff --git a/fs/utimes.c b/fs/utimes.c
index 1d17ce98cb80..b7b927502d6e 100644
--- a/fs/utimes.c
+++ b/fs/utimes.c
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ long do_utimes(int dfd, const char __user *filename, struct timespec64 *times,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (flags & ~AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW)
+	if (flags & ~(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH))
 		goto out;
 
 	if (filename == NULL && dfd != AT_FDCWD) {
 		struct fd f;
 
-		if (flags & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW)
+		if (flags)
 			goto out;
 
 		f = fdget(dfd);
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ long do_utimes(int dfd, const char __user *filename, struct timespec64 *times,
 
 		if (!(flags & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW))
 			lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
+		if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
+			lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_EMPTY;
 retry:
 		error = user_path_at(dfd, filename, lookup_flags, &path);
 		if (error)