diff --git a/Kernel/API/Syscall.h b/Kernel/API/Syscall.h
index 3ae12239f8..76c1c15677 100644
--- a/Kernel/API/Syscall.h
+++ b/Kernel/API/Syscall.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ enum class NeedsBigProcessLock {
     S(fchown, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)                     \
     S(fcntl, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)                      \
     S(fork, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)                       \
-    S(fstat, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)                      \
+    S(fstat, NeedsBigProcessLock::No)                       \
     S(fstatvfs, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)                   \
     S(fsync, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)                      \
     S(ftruncate, NeedsBigProcessLock::Yes)                  \
diff --git a/Kernel/Syscalls/stat.cpp b/Kernel/Syscalls/stat.cpp
index 8b7a18cc9d..f35a76df2e 100644
--- a/Kernel/Syscalls/stat.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Syscalls/stat.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Kernel {
 
 ErrorOr<FlatPtr> Process::sys$fstat(int fd, Userspace<stat*> user_statbuf)
 {
-    VERIFY_PROCESS_BIG_LOCK_ACQUIRED(this)
+    VERIFY_NO_PROCESS_BIG_LOCK(this);
     TRY(require_promise(Pledge::stdio));
     auto description = TRY(open_file_description(fd));
     auto buffer = TRY(description->stat());