diff --git a/src/basic/chase-symlinks.c b/src/basic/chase-symlinks.c
index 0bb07000ba..7a2aa9f94c 100644
--- a/src/basic/chase-symlinks.c
+++ b/src/basic/chase-symlinks.c
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ int chase_symlinks_and_opendir(
                 return r;
         assert(path_fd >= 0);
 
-        d = opendir(FORMAT_PROC_FD_PATH(path_fd));
+        d = xopendirat(path_fd, ".", O_NOFOLLOW);
         if (!d)
                 return -errno;