diff --git a/module/zfs/zpl_ctldir.c b/module/zfs/zpl_ctldir.c
index 7dfaf6ebcc45..a2d8fa9fedb5 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zpl_ctldir.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zpl_ctldir.c
@@ -356,6 +356,13 @@ zpl_snapdir_automount(struct path *path)
 	if (error)
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 
+	/*
+	 * Ensure path->dentry points to the dentry for the root of the
+	 * newly-mounted snapshot, otherwise this function may be called
+	 * repeatedly which can lead to an incorrect ELOOP error return.
+	 */
+	follow_up(path);
+
 	/*
 	 * Rather than returning the new vfsmount for the snapshot we must
 	 * return NULL to indicate a mount collision.  This is done because