diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_file.c b/sys/compat/linux/linux_file.c
index 2664b38ad1ad..3b712cf71e60 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_file.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_file.c
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ linux_unlinkat_impl(struct thread *td, enum uio_seg pathseg, const char *path,
 	if (error == EPERM && !(args->flag & LINUX_AT_REMOVEDIR)) {
 		/* Introduce POSIX noncompliant behaviour of Linux */
 		if (kern_statat(td, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW, dfd, path,
-		    UIO_SYSSPACE, &st, NULL) == 0 && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
+		    pathseg, &st, NULL) == 0 && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
 			error = EISDIR;
 	}
 	return (error);