Index: sys/compat/linux/linux_stats.c
===================================================================
--- sys/compat/linux/linux_stats.c
+++ sys/compat/linux/linux_stats.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 #include <compat/linux/linux_file.h>
 
 static void
-translate_vnhook_major_minor(struct vnode *vp, struct stat *sb)
+translate_vnhook(struct vnode *vp, struct stat *sb)
 {
 	int major, minor;
 
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@
 
 	if (linux_vn_get_major_minor(vp, &major, &minor) == 0)
 		sb->st_rdev = (major << 8 | minor);
+
+	if (S_ISLNK(sb->st_mode) && (vp->v_vflag & VV_READLINK) == 0)
+		sb->st_mode |= ACCESSPERMS;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@
 {
 
 	return (kern_statat(td, flag, fd, path, pathseg, sbp,
-	    translate_vnhook_major_minor));
+	    translate_vnhook));
 }
 
 #ifdef LINUX_LEGACY_SYSCALLS