1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/copy_file.c b/libbb/copy_file.c
index 23bcf2e82..7801b58c7 100644
--- a/libbb/copy_file.c
+++ b/libbb/copy_file.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ int FAST_FUNC copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
                 }
                 /* _Not_ jumping to preserve_mode_ugid_time:
                  * symlinks don't have those */
-                return 0;
+                goto verb_and_exit;
         }
         if (S_ISBLK(source_stat.st_mode) || S_ISCHR(source_stat.st_mode)
          || S_ISSOCK(source_stat.st_mode) || S_ISFIFO(source_stat.st_mode)
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ int FAST_FUNC copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
                         bb_perror_msg("can't preserve %s of '%s'", "permissions", dest);
         }
 
+ verb_and_exit:
         if (flags & FILEUTILS_VERBOSE) {
                 printf("'%s' -> '%s'\n", source, dest);
         }