diff --git a/bin/ofs/src/fuse.rs b/bin/ofs/src/fuse.rs
index 191809b2a2b..6f87e3051f1 100644
--- a/bin/ofs/src/fuse.rs
+++ b/bin/ofs/src/fuse.rs
@@ -641,7 +641,6 @@ impl PathFilesystem for Fuse {
     async fn access(&self, _req: Request, path: &OsStr, mask: u32) -> Result<()> {
         log::debug!("access(path={:?}, mask=0x{:x})", path, mask);
 
-        self.check_flags(mask)?;
         self.op
             .stat(&path.to_string_lossy())
             .await
diff --git a/bin/ofs/tests/file.rs b/bin/ofs/tests/file.rs
index dacdc7f68a3..6e55351e1b7 100644
--- a/bin/ofs/tests/file.rs
+++ b/bin/ofs/tests/file.rs
@@ -64,10 +64,14 @@ fn test_file_append(ctx: &mut OfsTestContext) {
     file.write_all(TEST_TEXT.as_bytes()).unwrap();
     drop(file);
 
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
+
     let mut file = File::options().append(true).open(&path).unwrap();
     file.write_all(b"test").unwrap();
     drop(file);
 
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
+
     let mut file = File::open(&path).unwrap();
     let mut buf = String::new();
     file.read_to_string(&mut buf).unwrap();