diff --git a/libfuse-lite/fusermount.c b/libfuse-lite/fusermount.c
index c7964f01..09a560ee 100644
--- a/libfuse-lite/fusermount.c
+++ b/libfuse-lite/fusermount.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ static int check_perm(const char **mntp, struct stat *stbuf, int *currdir_fd,
     const char *mnt = *mntp;
     const char *origmnt = mnt;
 
-    res = lstat(mnt, stbuf);
+    res = stat(mnt, stbuf);
     if (res == -1) {
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to access mountpoint %s: %s\n",
                 progname, mnt, strerror(errno));