diff --git a/kernel/src/fs/path/mod.rs b/kernel/src/fs/path/mod.rs
index 3ec441715..f3fc507fc 100644
--- a/kernel/src/fs/path/mod.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/fs/path/mod.rs
@@ -446,7 +446,10 @@ impl Path {
             );
         }
 
-        if inode_type.is_regular_file() && creation_flags.contains(CreationFlags::O_TRUNC) {
+        if inode_type.is_regular_file()
+            && creation_flags.contains(CreationFlags::O_TRUNC)
+            && !open_args.status_flags.contains(StatusFlags::O_PATH)
+        {
             self.resize(0)?;
         }
         InodeHandle::new(self.clone(), open_args.access_mode, open_args.status_flags)
diff --git a/kernel/src/syscall/open.rs b/kernel/src/syscall/open.rs
index 7e63d4ac0..c0d5d1580 100644
--- a/kernel/src/syscall/open.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/syscall/open.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
         file_table::{FdFlags, FileDesc},
         fs_resolver::{FsPath, FsResolver, LookupResult, AT_FDCWD},
         inode_handle::InodeHandle,
-        utils::{AccessMode, CreationFlags, InodeMode, InodeType, OpenArgs},
+        utils::{AccessMode, CreationFlags, InodeMode, InodeType, OpenArgs, StatusFlags},
     },
     prelude::*,
     syscall::constants::MAX_FILENAME_LEN,
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ fn do_open(
     let inode_handle = match lookup_res {
         LookupResult::Resolved(target_path) => target_path.open(open_args)?,
         LookupResult::AtParent(result) => {
-            if !open_args.creation_flags.contains(CreationFlags::O_CREAT) {
+            if !open_args.creation_flags.contains(CreationFlags::O_CREAT)
+                || open_args.status_flags.contains(StatusFlags::O_PATH)
+            {
                 return_errno_with_message!(Errno::ENOENT, "the file does not exist");
             }
             if open_args
diff --git a/test/src/apps/file_io/access_err.c b/test/src/apps/file_io/access_err.c
index ca9eafe0f..edaa3c5f2 100644
--- a/test/src/apps/file_io/access_err.c
+++ b/test/src/apps/file_io/access_err.c
@@ -232,6 +232,34 @@ FN_TEST(path)
 }
 END_TEST()
 
+FN_TEST(flags)
+{
+	int fd;
+	char buf[5];
+
+	fd = TEST_SUCC(open(FILENAME, O_WRONLY));
+	TEST_RES(write(fd, "hello", 5), _ret == 5);
+	TEST_SUCC(close(fd));
+
+	// `O_PATH | O_TRUNC` has no effect.
+	fd = TEST_SUCC(open(FILENAME, O_WRONLY | O_PATH | O_TRUNC));
+	TEST_SUCC(close(fd));
+	fd = TEST_SUCC(open(FILENAME, O_RDONLY));
+	TEST_RES(read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)),
+		 _ret == 5 && memcmp(buf, "hello", 5) == 0);
+	TEST_SUCC(close(fd));
+
+	// `O_RDONLY | O_TRUNC` will truncate the file.
+	fd = TEST_SUCC(open(FILENAME, O_RDONLY | O_TRUNC));
+	TEST_RES(read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)), _ret == 0);
+	TEST_SUCC(close(fd));
+
+	// `O_PATH | O_CREAT` has no effect.
+	TEST_ERRNO(open("/tmp/file_does_not_exist", O_PATH | O_CREAT, 0644),
+		   ENOENT);
+}
+END_TEST()
+
 FN_SETUP(unlink)
 {
 	CHECK(unlink(FILENAME));