2 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/path/filepath/path.go b/src/path/filepath/path.go
index b56534dead..0554deb2ff 100644
--- a/src/path/filepath/path.go
+++ b/src/path/filepath/path.go
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ func walkDir(path string, d fs.DirEntry, walkDirFn fs.WalkDirFunc) error {
 		// Second call, to report ReadDir error.
 		err = walkDirFn(path, d, err)
 		if err != nil {
+			if err == SkipDir && d.IsDir() {
+				err = nil
+			}
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/path/filepath/path_test.go b/src/path/filepath/path_test.go
index cfd0c8244d..1456ea737a 100644
--- a/src/path/filepath/path_test.go
+++ b/src/path/filepath/path_test.go
@@ -1526,3 +1526,38 @@ func TestEvalSymlinksAboveRootChdir(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Logf("EvalSymlinks(%q) = %q", check, resolved)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIssue51617(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	for _, sub := range []string{"a", filepath.Join("a", "bad"), filepath.Join("a", "next")} {
+		if err := os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(dir, sub), 0755); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	bad := filepath.Join(dir, "a", "bad")
+	if err := os.Chmod(bad, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.Chmod(bad, 0700) // avoid errors on cleanup
+	var saw []string
+	err := filepath.WalkDir(dir, func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return filepath.SkipDir
+		}
+		if d.IsDir() {
+			rel, err := filepath.Rel(dir, path)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			saw = append(saw, rel)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	want := []string{".", "a", filepath.Join("a", "bad"), filepath.Join("a", "next")}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(saw, want) {
+		t.Errorf("got directories %v, want %v", saw, want)
+	}
+}