1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/find_root_device.c b/libbb/find_root_device.c
index 7182102c7..9779f7e82 100644
--- a/libbb/find_root_device.c
+++ b/libbb/find_root_device.c
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ static char *find_block_device_in_dir(struct arena *ap)
 
         while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
                 safe_strncpy(ap->devpath + len, entry->d_name, rem);
-                if (stat(ap->devpath, &ap->st) != 0)
+                /* lstat: do not follow links */
+                if (lstat(ap->devpath, &ap->st) != 0)
                         continue;
                 if (S_ISBLK(ap->st.st_mode) && ap->st.st_rdev == ap->dev) {
                         retpath = xstrdup(ap->devpath);