1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/FileStateValue.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/FileStateValue.java
index 0be5c318c6..140504e431 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/FileStateValue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/FileStateValue.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public abstract class FileStateValue implements SkyValue {
     } else if (statNoFollow.isDirectory()) {
       return DIRECTORY_FILE_STATE_NODE;
     } else if (statNoFollow.isSymbolicLink()) {
-      return new SymlinkFileStateValue(path.readSymbolicLink());
+      return new SymlinkFileStateValue(path.readSymbolicLinkUnchecked());
     }
     throw new InconsistentFilesystemException("according to stat, existing path " + path + " is "
         + "neither a file nor directory nor symlink.");