diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 2060e561a2..ee7c34027e 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -12141,9 +12141,13 @@ static abi_long do_syscall1(CPUArchState *cpu_env, int num, abi_long arg1,
             int dirfd = arg1;
             int flags = arg3;
 
-            p = lock_user_string(arg2);
-            if (p == NULL) {
-                return -TARGET_EFAULT;
+            p = NULL;
+            /* Since Linux 6.11, the path argument may be NULL */
+            if (arg2 != 0) {
+                p = lock_user_string(arg2);
+                if (p == NULL) {
+                    return -TARGET_EFAULT;
+                }
             }
 #if defined(__NR_statx)
             {