diff --git a/src/basic/stat-util.c b/src/basic/stat-util.c
index 5113d0459b..628d99ac5a 100644
--- a/src/basic/stat-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/stat-util.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ int xstatfsat(int dir_fd, const char *path, struct statfs *ret) {
         assert(ret);
 
         if (!isempty(path)) {
-                fd = xopenat(dir_fd, path, O_PATH|O_CLOEXEC|O_NOCTTY);
+                fd = xopenat(dir_fd, path, O_PATH|O_CLOEXEC);
                 if (fd < 0)
                         return fd;
                 dir_fd = fd;