1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index bfc864d9cc..66057e5d61 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static void diff_fill_sha1_info(struct diff_filespec *one)
 	if (DIFF_FILE_VALID(one)) {
 		if (!one->sha1_valid) {
 			struct stat st;
-			if (stat(one->path, &st) < 0)
+			if (lstat(one->path, &st) < 0)
 				die("stat %s", one->path);
 			if (index_path(one->sha1, one->path, &st, 0))
 				die("cannot hash %s\n", one->path);