diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 7a8a5c92322e1df54b449d1dd6d220a85def7844..f063c956c015445758158a56b47748745deeecbc 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -3115,7 +3115,7 @@ This is the sort of file that holds an ordinary stream of data bytes.")
     return (st.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG ? Qt : Qnil;
   }
 #else
-  if (lstat (XSTRING (absname)->data, &st) < 0)
+  if (stat (XSTRING (absname)->data, &st) < 0)
     return Qnil;
   return (st.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG ? Qt : Qnil;
 #endif