1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/sandbox/SymlinkedExecRoot.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/sandbox/SymlinkedExecRoot.java
index 9efe7fcb45..17fe4217b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/sandbox/SymlinkedExecRoot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/sandbox/SymlinkedExecRoot.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ final class SymlinkedExecRoot implements SandboxExecRoot {
       throws IOException {
     for (PathFragment inputPath : inputs) {
       Path dir = sandboxExecRoot.getRelative(inputPath).getParentDirectory();
-      Preconditions.checkArgument(dir.startsWith(sandboxExecRoot));
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(dir.startsWith(sandboxExecRoot.getParentDirectory()));
       FileSystemUtils.createDirectoryAndParentsWithCache(createdDirs, dir);
     }
   }