diff --git a/test/jdk/java/nio/file/DirectoryStream/SecureDS.java b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/DirectoryStream/SecureDS.java
index f3321a8c04d..e481f6f1594 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/nio/file/DirectoryStream/SecureDS.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/DirectoryStream/SecureDS.java
@@ -216,8 +216,13 @@ public class SecureDS {
                 view = stream.getFileAttributeView(fileEntry, PosixFileAttributeView.class, NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
                 view.setPermissions(noperms);
                 assertEquals(noperms, getPosixFilePermissions(file));
-                view.setPermissions(permsFile);
-                assertEquals(permsFile, getPosixFilePermissions(file));
+                try {
+                    view.setPermissions(permsFile);
+                    assertEquals(permsFile, getPosixFilePermissions(file));
+                } catch (AccessDeniedException e) {
+                    // Fails on older Linux systems without fchmodat AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW support
+                    setPosixFilePermissions(file, permsFile);
+                }
 
                 // Test following link to file
                 view = stream.getFileAttributeView(link, PosixFileAttributeView.class);