1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/symlink.c b/lib/symlink.c
index e7dbd184a99..b1196b9ee85 100644
--- a/lib/symlink.c
+++ b/lib/symlink.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ rpl_symlink (char const *contents, char const *name)
   if (len && name[len - 1] == '/')
     {
       struct stat st;
-      if (lstat (name, &st) == 0)
+      if (lstat (name, &st) == 0 || errno == EOVERFLOW)
         errno = EEXIST;
       return -1;
     }