1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index d448902909..6b3273d1d1 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ int read_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *path, const char *base, i
 int file_exists(const char *f)
 {
 	struct stat sb;
-	return stat(f, &sb) == 0;
+	return lstat(f, &sb) == 0;
 }
 
 /*