diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/inotify.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/inotify.go
index 5ba605ae9..12f5aa91f 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/inotify.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/inotify.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func InotifyAddWatch(t *kernel.Task, args arch.SyscallArguments) (uintptr, *kern
 	// "IN_DONT_FOLLOW: Don't dereference pathname if it is a symbolic link."
 	//  -- inotify(7)
 	follow := followFinalSymlink
-	if mask&linux.IN_DONT_FOLLOW == 0 {
+	if mask&linux.IN_DONT_FOLLOW != 0 {
 		follow = nofollowFinalSymlink
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/syscalls/linux/inotify.cc b/test/syscalls/linux/inotify.cc
index 7eefbbe1d..66db40c66 100644
--- a/test/syscalls/linux/inotify.cc
+++ b/test/syscalls/linux/inotify.cc
@@ -1303,8 +1303,7 @@ TEST(Inotify, SymlinkGeneratesCreateEvent) {
 
   const int root_wd = ASSERT_NO_ERRNO_AND_VALUE(
       InotifyAddWatch(fd.get(), root.path(), IN_ALL_EVENTS));
-  ASSERT_NO_ERRNO_AND_VALUE(
-      InotifyAddWatch(fd.get(), file1.path(), IN_ALL_EVENTS));
+  ASSERT_NO_ERRNO(InotifyAddWatch(fd.get(), file1.path(), IN_ALL_EVENTS));
 
   ASSERT_THAT(symlink(file1.path().c_str(), link1.path().c_str()),
               SyscallSucceeds());
@@ -1315,6 +1314,32 @@ TEST(Inotify, SymlinkGeneratesCreateEvent) {
   ASSERT_THAT(events, Are({Event(IN_CREATE, root_wd, Basename(link1.path()))}));
 }
 
+TEST(Inotify, SymlinkFollow) {
+  const TempPath file = ASSERT_NO_ERRNO_AND_VALUE(TempPath::CreateFile());
+  const TempPath link(NewTempAbsPath());
+  ASSERT_THAT(symlink(file.path().c_str(), link.path().c_str()),
+              SyscallSucceeds());
+
+  const FileDescriptor fd =
+      ASSERT_NO_ERRNO_AND_VALUE(InotifyInit1(IN_NONBLOCK));
+  const int file_wd = ASSERT_NO_ERRNO_AND_VALUE(
+      InotifyAddWatch(fd.get(), link.path(), IN_ALL_EVENTS));
+  const int link_wd = ASSERT_NO_ERRNO_AND_VALUE(
+      InotifyAddWatch(fd.get(), link.path(), IN_ALL_EVENTS | IN_DONT_FOLLOW));
+
+  ASSERT_NO_ERRNO(Unlink(file.path()));
+  ASSERT_NO_ERRNO(Unlink(link.path()));
+
+  const std::vector<Event> events =
+      ASSERT_NO_ERRNO_AND_VALUE(DrainEvents(fd.get()));
+
+  ASSERT_THAT(
+      events,
+      Are({Event(IN_ATTRIB, file_wd), Event(IN_DELETE_SELF, file_wd),
+           Event(IN_IGNORED, file_wd), Event(IN_ATTRIB, link_wd),
+           Event(IN_DELETE_SELF, link_wd), Event(IN_IGNORED, link_wd)}));
+}
+
 TEST(Inotify, LinkGeneratesAttribAndCreateEvents) {
   // Inotify does not work properly with hard links in gofer and overlay fs.
   SKIP_IF(IsRunningOnGvisor() &&