diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index c6dc22564..c185a0a08 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-09-30  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* path.cc (symlink_info::check): Remove erroneous assumption about
+	required permissions when reading NFS symlinks.
+
 2010-09-29  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
 
 	* fhandler_tty.cc (fhandler_tty_slave::init): Revert to using
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 887885d22..c1f306efa 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -2651,10 +2651,7 @@ restart:
 	 (which can be symlinks to directories). */
       else if (fs.is_nfs () && !no_ea && !(fileattr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY))
 	{
-	  if (!(access & GENERIC_READ))
-	    res = 0;
-	  else
-	    res = check_nfs_symlink (h);
+	  res = check_nfs_symlink (h);
 	  if (res)
 	    break;
 	}