--- libaitio/src/aitio.c	2013/06/04 12:38:08	1.15.2.2
+++ libaitio/src/aitio.c	2013/06/04 12:44:16	1.15.2.3
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *  by Michael Pounov <misho@elwix.org>
 *
 * $Author: misho $
-* $Id: aitio.c,v 1.15.2.2 2013/06/04 12:38:08 misho Exp $
+* $Id: aitio.c,v 1.15.2.3 2013/06/04 12:44:16 misho Exp $
 *
 **************************************************************************
 The ELWIX and AITNET software is distributed under the following
@@ -563,24 +563,20 @@ ioRealFileName(const char *fname)
 	if (!fname)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (stat(fname, &sb) == -1) {
-		LOGERR;
-		return NULL;
-	}
 	str = e_malloc(MAXPATHLEN);
 	if (!str) {
 		io_SetErr(elwix_GetErrno(), "%s", elwix_GetError());
 		return NULL;
 	} else
 		memset(str, 0, MAXPATHLEN);
-	if (S_ISLNK(sb.st_mode)) {
-		if (readlink(fname, str, MAXPATHLEN) == -1) {
+	if (readlink(fname, str, MAXPATHLEN) == -1) {
+		if (stat(fname, &sb) == -1) {
 			LOGERR;
 			e_free(str);
 			return NULL;
-		}
-	} else
-		strlcpy(str, fname, MAXPATHLEN);
+		} else
+			strlcpy(str, fname, MAXPATHLEN);
+	}
 
 	return str;
 }