diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/dir.c b/fs/ntfs3/dir.c
index 98f57d0c702e..dcd689ed4baa 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/dir.c
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ static inline int ntfs_filldir(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi, struct ntfs_inode *ni,
 	 * It does additional locks/reads just to get the type of name.
 	 * Should we use additional mount option to enable branch below?
 	 */
-	if ((fname->dup.fa & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) &&
+	if (((fname->dup.fa & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) ||
+	     fname->dup.ea_size) &&
 	    ino != ni->mi.rno) {
 		struct inode *inode = ntfs_iget5(sbi->sb, &e->ref, NULL);
 		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(inode)) {