/* Follow "normalized" - ie "refs/.." symlinks by hand */
if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
strbuf_reset(&sb_contents);
- if (strbuf_readlink(&sb_contents, path, 0) < 0) {
+ if (strbuf_readlink(&sb_contents, path, st.st_size) < 0) {
if (errno == ENOENT || errno == EINVAL)
/* inconsistent with lstat; retry */
goto stat_ref;