diff --git a/lib/libsys/stat.2 b/lib/libsys/stat.2
--- a/lib/libsys/stat.2
+++ b/lib/libsys/stat.2
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@
 is equal to
 .Dv AT_FDCWD ,
 operate on the current working directory.
+.It Dv AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT
+Do not auto-mount the last component name of the path.
 .El
 .Pp
 If
diff --git a/sys/fs/autofs/autofs_vnops.c b/sys/fs/autofs/autofs_vnops.c
--- a/sys/fs/autofs/autofs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/autofs/autofs_vnops.c
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@
 	 * otherwise.
 	 */
 	if (autofs_mount_on_stat && autofs_cached(anp, NULL, 0) == false &&
-	    autofs_ignore_thread(curthread) == false) {
+	    autofs_ignore_thread(curthread) == false &&
+	    (ap->a_flags & VN_GETATTR_NOAUTOMOUNT) == 0) {
 		error = autofs_trigger_vn(vp, "", 0, &newvp);
 		if (error != 0)
 			return (error);
@@ -247,7 +248,9 @@
 	}
 
 	if (autofs_cached(anp, cnp->cn_nameptr, cnp->cn_namelen) == false &&
-	    autofs_ignore_thread(curthread) == false) {
+	    autofs_ignore_thread(curthread) == false &&
+	    ((cnp->cn_flags & ISLASTCN) == 0 ||
+	    (cnp->cn_flags & NOAUTOMOUNT) != 0)) {
 		error = autofs_trigger_vn(dvp,
 		    cnp->cn_nameptr, cnp->cn_namelen, &newvp);
 		if (error != 0)
diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c b/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 	uint64_t res;
 
 	MPASS((at_flags & (AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW | AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW)) !=
-	    (AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW | AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW));
+	    (AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW | AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT));
 
 	res = 0;
 	at_flags &= mask;
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@
 	}
 	if ((mask & AT_EMPTY_PATH) != 0 && (at_flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH) != 0)
 		res |= EMPTYPATH;
+	if ((mask & AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT) != 0 && (at_flags & AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT) != 0)
+		res |= NOAUTOMOUNT;
 	return (res);
 }
 
@@ -2459,15 +2461,16 @@
     enum uio_seg pathseg, struct stat *sbp)
 {
 	struct nameidata nd;
-	int error;
+	int error, statflag;
 
 	if ((flag & ~(AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_RESOLVE_BENEATH |
-	    AT_EMPTY_PATH)) != 0)
+	    AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT)) != 0)
 		return (EINVAL);
 
 	NDINIT_ATRIGHTS(&nd, LOOKUP, at2cnpflags(flag, AT_RESOLVE_BENEATH |
-	    AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH) | LOCKSHARED | LOCKLEAF |
-	    AUDITVNODE1, pathseg, path, fd, &cap_fstat_rights);
+	    AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT) |
+	    LOCKSHARED | LOCKLEAF | AUDITVNODE1, pathseg, path, fd,
+	    &cap_fstat_rights);
 
 	if ((error = namei(&nd)) != 0) {
 		if (error == ENOTDIR &&
@@ -2475,7 +2478,11 @@
 			error = kern_fstat(td, fd, sbp);
 		return (error);
 	}
-	error = VOP_STAT(nd.ni_vp, sbp, 0, td->td_ucred, NOCRED);
+
+	statflag = 0;
+	if ((flag & AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT) != 0)
+		statflag = VN_GETATTR_NOAUTOMOUNT;
+	error = VOP_STAT(nd.ni_vp, sbp, statflag, td->td_ucred, NOCRED);
 	NDFREE_PNBUF(&nd);
 	vput(nd.ni_vp);
 #ifdef __STAT_TIME_T_EXT
diff --git a/sys/sys/fcntl.h b/sys/sys/fcntl.h
--- a/sys/sys/fcntl.h
+++ b/sys/sys/fcntl.h
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@
 #define	AT_RESOLVE_BENEATH	0x2000	/* Do not allow name resolution
 					   to walk out of dirfd */
 #define	AT_EMPTY_PATH		0x4000	/* Operate on dirfd if path is empty */
+#define	AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT		0x8000	/* No automount of last cn of
+					   fstatat() */
 #endif	/* __BSD_VISIBLE */
 
 /*
diff --git a/sys/sys/namei.h b/sys/sys/namei.h
--- a/sys/sys/namei.h
+++ b/sys/sys/namei.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
 #define	LOCKSHARED	0x0100	/* Shared lock leaf */
 #define	NOFOLLOW	0x0000	/* do not follow symbolic links (pseudo) */
 #define	RBENEATH	0x100000000ULL /* No escape, even tmp, from start dir */
+#define	NOAUTOMOUNT	0x200000000ULL /* No automount on last cn */
 #define	MODMASK		0xf000001ffULL	/* mask of operational modifiers */
 
 /*
diff --git a/sys/sys/vnode.h b/sys/sys/vnode.h
--- a/sys/sys/vnode.h
+++ b/sys/sys/vnode.h
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@
 #define	COPY_FILE_RANGE_TIMEO1SEC	0x01000000	/* Return after 1sec. */
 
 /* VOP_STAT()/VOP_GETATTR() flags */
+#define	VN_GETATTR_NOAUTOMOUNT	0x00000001
 
 /*
  * Public vnode manipulation functions.