1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index aeaf4c7b9..420552ee0 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -2141,6 +2141,12 @@ get_link_name (const char *filename, struct fileinfo *f)
   size_t link_val_len;
 
   f->linkname = xreadlink (filename, &link_val_len);
+  if (f->linkname == NULL)
+    {
+      error (0, errno, _("cannot read symbolic link %s"),
+	     quotearg_colon (filename));
+      exit_status = 1;
+    }
 }
 
 /* If `linkname' is a relative path and `path' contains one or more