diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index 136711ae72fb..6822ac77aec2 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -311,6 +311,23 @@ int vfs_fstatat(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
 	int statx_flags = flags | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT;
 	struct filename *name;
 
+	/*
+	 * Work around glibc turning fstat() into fstatat(AT_EMPTY_PATH)
+	 *
+	 * If AT_EMPTY_PATH is set, we expect the common case to be that
+	 * empty path, and avoid doing all the extra pathname work.
+	 */
+	if (dfd >= 0 && flags == AT_EMPTY_PATH) {
+		char c;
+
+		ret = get_user(c, filename);
+		if (unlikely(ret))
+			return ret;
+
+		if (likely(!c))
+			return vfs_fstat(dfd, stat);
+	}
+
 	name = getname_flags(filename, getname_statx_lookup_flags(statx_flags), NULL);
 	ret = vfs_statx(dfd, name, statx_flags, stat, STATX_BASIC_STATS);
 	putname(name);