1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 8ca6350b..2424e87d 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ int _alpm_lstat(const char *path, struct stat *buf)
 			newpath[len - 1] = '\0';
 	}
 
-	ret = lstat(path, buf);
+	ret = lstat(newpath, buf);
 
 	FREE(newpath);
 	return(ret);