diff --git a/src/libcrun/linux.c b/src/libcrun/linux.c
index de489fc6cb..a3ff0b4881 100644
--- a/src/libcrun/linux.c
+++ b/src/libcrun/linux.c
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ do_masked_or_readonly_path (libcrun_container_t *container, const char *rel_path
   if (UNLIKELY (pathfd < 0))
     {
       errno = crun_error_get_errno (err);
-      if (errno != ENOENT && errno != EACCES)
+      if (errno != ENOENT)
         return pathfd;
 
       crun_error_release (err);