diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index ef883f0bee8f..56231b31f806 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -928,9 +928,16 @@ static int fuse_update_get_attr(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 {
 	struct fuse_inode *fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
 	int err = 0;
+	bool sync;
 
-	if (!(flags & AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC) &&
-	    time_before64(fi->i_time, get_jiffies_64())) {
+	if (flags & AT_STATX_FORCE_SYNC)
+		sync = true;
+	else if (flags & AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC)
+		sync = false;
+	else
+		sync = time_before64(fi->i_time, get_jiffies_64());
+
+	if (sync) {
 		forget_all_cached_acls(inode);
 		err = fuse_do_getattr(inode, stat, file);
 	} else if (stat) {