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diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 6b812d67e3..22a12cfeba 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -764,7 +764,8 @@ static int dir_in_way(struct index_state *istate, const char *path,
strbuf_release(&dirpath);
return check_working_copy && !lstat(path, &st) && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) &&
- !(empty_ok && is_empty_dir(path));
+ !(empty_ok && is_empty_dir(path)) &&
+ !has_symlink_leading_path(path, strlen(path));
}
/*