diff --git a/unix/syscall_linux.go b/unix/syscall_linux.go
index ab16736..027bcaf 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_linux.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_linux.go
@@ -1972,7 +1972,7 @@
 		return faccessat(dirfd, path, mode)
 	}
 
-	if err := Faccessat2(dirfd, path, mode, flags); err != ENOSYS {
+	if err := Faccessat2(dirfd, path, mode, flags); err != ENOSYS && err != EPERM {
 		return err
 	}