1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/parser.y b/src/libexpr/parser.y
index 24b21f7da..a4c84c526 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/parser.y
+++ b/src/libexpr/parser.y
@@ -614,8 +614,7 @@ Path resolveExprPath(Path path)
         // Basic cycle/depth limit to avoid infinite loops.
         if (++followCount >= maxFollow)
             throw Error("too many symbolic links encountered while traversing the path '%s'", path);
-        if (lstat(path.c_str(), &st))
-            throw SysError("getting status of '%s'", path);
+        st = lstat(path);
         if (!S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) break;
         path = absPath(readLink(path), dirOf(path));
     }