diff --git a/src/fuse_getattr.cpp b/src/fuse_getattr.cpp
index dd74680b..287529f0 100644
--- a/src/fuse_getattr.cpp
+++ b/src/fuse_getattr.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ namespace l
       }
 
     if(rv == -1)
-      return -errno;
+      {
+        cache.erase(fusepath_);
+        return -errno;
+      }
 
     if(symlinkify_ && symlinkify::can_be_symlink(*st_,symlinkify_timeout_))
       symlinkify::convert(fullpath,st_);