diff --git a/libavutil/file.c b/libavutil/file.c
index 6f7011b0c0..b325149f49 100644
--- a/libavutil/file.c
+++ b/libavutil/file.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int av_file_map(const char *filename, uint8_t **bufptr, size_t *size,
         return err;
     }
 
-    if (lstat(filename, &st) < 0) {
+    if (stat(filename, &st) < 0) {
         err = AVERROR(errno);
         av_strerror(err, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
         av_log(&file_log_ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error occurred in lstat(): %s\n", errbuf);