diff --git a/Kernel/FileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.cpp b/Kernel/FileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.cpp
index 0c14abb888..28276e655d 100644
--- a/Kernel/FileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/FileSystem/VirtualFileSystem.cpp
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ KResult VFS::link(StringView old_path, StringView new_path, Custody& base)
 KResult VFS::unlink(StringView path, Custody& base)
 {
     RefPtr<Custody> parent_custody;
-    auto custody_or_error = resolve_path(path, base, &parent_custody);
+    auto custody_or_error = resolve_path(path, base, &parent_custody, O_NOFOLLOW_NOERROR);
     if (custody_or_error.is_error())
         return custody_or_error.error();
     auto& custody = *custody_or_error.value();
diff --git a/Userland/test_io.cpp b/Userland/test_io.cpp
index b85aeac7a7..2d2982f626 100644
--- a/Userland/test_io.cpp
+++ b/Userland/test_io.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,20 @@ void test_open_create_device()
     close(fd);
 }
 
+void test_unlink_symlink()
+{
+    int rc = symlink("/proc/2/foo", "/tmp/linky");
+    if (rc < 0) {
+        perror("symlink");
+        ASSERT_NOT_REACHED();
+    }
+    rc = unlink("/tmp/linky");
+    if (rc < 0) {
+        perror("unlink");
+        fprintf(stderr, "Expected unlink() of a symlink into an unreadable directory to succeed!\n");
+    }
+}
+
 int main(int, char**)
 {
     int rc;
@@ -196,6 +210,7 @@ int main(int, char**)
     test_tmpfs_read_past_end();
     test_procfs_read_past_end();
     test_open_create_device();
+    test_unlink_symlink();
 
     return 0;
 }