1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/copy_file.c b/libbb/copy_file.c
index 1a584017f..d71dbf47d 100644
--- a/libbb/copy_file.c
+++ b/libbb/copy_file.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
                 return -1;
         }
 
-        if (stat(dest, &dest_stat) < 0) {
+        if (lstat(dest, &dest_stat) < 0) {
                 if (errno != ENOENT) {
                         perror_msg("unable to stat `%s'", dest);
                         return -1;