diff --git a/src/include/rados/rgw_file.h b/src/include/rados/rgw_file.h
index dfa1ede18c93fa..7a2c44e702f32d 100644
--- a/src/include/rados/rgw_file.h
+++ b/src/include/rados/rgw_file.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define LIBRGW_FILE_VER_MAJOR 1
 #define LIBRGW_FILE_VER_MINOR 1
-#define LIBRGW_FILE_VER_EXTRA 1
+#define LIBRGW_FILE_VER_EXTRA 2
 
 #define LIBRGW_FILE_VERSION(maj, min, extra) ((maj << 16) + (min << 8) + extra)
 #define LIBRGW_FILE_VERSION_CODE LIBRGW_FILE_VERSION(LIBRGW_FILE_VER_MAJOR, LIBRGW_FILE_VER_MINOR, LIBRGW_FILE_VER_EXTRA)
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ void rgwfile_version(int *major, int *minor, int *extra);
 */
 #define RGW_LOOKUP_FLAG_NONE    0x0000
 #define RGW_LOOKUP_FLAG_CREATE  0x0001
+#define RGW_LOOKUP_FLAG_RCB     0x0002
 
 int rgw_lookup(struct rgw_fs *rgw_fs,
 	      struct rgw_file_handle *parent_fh, const char *path,
diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_file.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_file.cc
index 1803109ddedb8f..9d5e9f4ab6f8d8 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_file.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_file.cc
@@ -1388,7 +1388,11 @@ int rgw_lookup(struct rgw_fs *rgw_fs,
 	return -ENOENT;
     }
   } else {
-    fhr = fs->stat_leaf(parent, path, RGWFileHandle::FLAG_NONE);
+    /* lookup in a readdir callback */
+    uint32_t sl_flags = (flags & RGW_LOOKUP_FLAG_RCB)
+      ? RGWFileHandle::FLAG_NONE
+      : RGWFileHandle::FLAG_EXACT_MATCH;
+    fhr = fs->stat_leaf(parent, path, sl_flags);
     if (! get<0>(fhr)) {
       if (! (flags & RGW_LOOKUP_FLAG_CREATE))
 	return -ENOENT;