diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
index a4674aba80..436f771d2a 100644
--- a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
@@ -1645,18 +1645,26 @@ static void lo_opendir(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino,
 {
     int error = ENOMEM;
     struct lo_data *lo = lo_data(req);
-    struct lo_dirp *d;
+    struct lo_inode *inode;
+    struct lo_dirp *d = NULL;
     int fd;
     ssize_t fh;
 
+    inode = lo_inode(req, ino);
+    if (!inode) {
+        error = EBADF;
+        goto out_err;
+    }
+
     d = calloc(1, sizeof(struct lo_dirp));
     if (d == NULL) {
         goto out_err;
     }
 
-    fd = openat(lo_fd(req, ino), ".", O_RDONLY);
-    if (fd == -1) {
-        goto out_errno;
+    fd = lo_inode_open(lo, inode, O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        error = -fd;
+        goto out_err;
     }
 
     d->dp = fdopendir(fd);
@@ -1685,6 +1693,7 @@ static void lo_opendir(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino,
 out_errno:
     error = errno;
 out_err:
+    lo_inode_put(lo, &inode);
     if (d) {
         if (d->dp) {
             closedir(d->dp);
@@ -2827,7 +2836,6 @@ static void lo_getxattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, const char *in_name,
         }
     }
 
-    sprintf(procname, "%i", inode->fd);
     /*
      * It is not safe to open() non-regular/non-dir files in file server
      * unless O_PATH is used, so use that method for regular files/dir
@@ -2835,12 +2843,14 @@ static void lo_getxattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, const char *in_name,
      * Otherwise, call fchdir() to avoid open().
      */
     if (S_ISREG(inode->filetype) || S_ISDIR(inode->filetype)) {
-        fd = openat(lo->proc_self_fd, procname, O_RDONLY);
+        fd = lo_inode_open(lo, inode, O_RDONLY);
         if (fd < 0) {
-            goto out_err;
+            saverr = -fd;
+            goto out;
         }
         ret = fgetxattr(fd, name, value, size);
     } else {
+        sprintf(procname, "%i", inode->fd);
         /* fchdir should not fail here */
         FCHDIR_NOFAIL(lo->proc_self_fd);
         ret = getxattr(procname, name, value, size);
@@ -2906,14 +2916,15 @@ static void lo_listxattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, size_t size)
         }
     }
 
-    sprintf(procname, "%i", inode->fd);
     if (S_ISREG(inode->filetype) || S_ISDIR(inode->filetype)) {
-        fd = openat(lo->proc_self_fd, procname, O_RDONLY);
+        fd = lo_inode_open(lo, inode, O_RDONLY);
         if (fd < 0) {
-            goto out_err;
+            saverr = -fd;
+            goto out;
         }
         ret = flistxattr(fd, value, size);
     } else {
+        sprintf(procname, "%i", inode->fd);
         /* fchdir should not fail here */
         FCHDIR_NOFAIL(lo->proc_self_fd);
         ret = listxattr(procname, value, size);
@@ -3039,15 +3050,15 @@ static void lo_setxattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, const char *in_name,
     fuse_log(FUSE_LOG_DEBUG, "lo_setxattr(ino=%" PRIu64
              ", name=%s value=%s size=%zd)\n", ino, name, value, size);
 
-    sprintf(procname, "%i", inode->fd);
     if (S_ISREG(inode->filetype) || S_ISDIR(inode->filetype)) {
-        fd = openat(lo->proc_self_fd, procname, O_RDONLY);
+        fd = lo_inode_open(lo, inode, O_RDONLY);
         if (fd < 0) {
-            saverr = errno;
+            saverr = -fd;
             goto out;
         }
         ret = fsetxattr(fd, name, value, size, flags);
     } else {
+        sprintf(procname, "%i", inode->fd);
         /* fchdir should not fail here */
         FCHDIR_NOFAIL(lo->proc_self_fd);
         ret = setxattr(procname, name, value, size, flags);
@@ -3105,15 +3116,15 @@ static void lo_removexattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, const char *in_name)
     fuse_log(FUSE_LOG_DEBUG, "lo_removexattr(ino=%" PRIu64 ", name=%s)\n", ino,
              name);
 
-    sprintf(procname, "%i", inode->fd);
     if (S_ISREG(inode->filetype) || S_ISDIR(inode->filetype)) {
-        fd = openat(lo->proc_self_fd, procname, O_RDONLY);
+        fd = lo_inode_open(lo, inode, O_RDONLY);
         if (fd < 0) {
-            saverr = errno;
+            saverr = -fd;
             goto out;
         }
         ret = fremovexattr(fd, name);
     } else {
+        sprintf(procname, "%i", inode->fd);
         /* fchdir should not fail here */
         FCHDIR_NOFAIL(lo->proc_self_fd);
         ret = removexattr(procname, name);
