1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el b/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el
index f10476a7bc6..b9b6b4b6d18 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el
@@ -1261,6 +1261,12 @@ file-notify events."
     (with-tramp-file-property v localname "file-readable-p"
       (and (file-exists-p filename)
            (or (tramp-check-cached-permissions v ?r)
+               ;; `tramp-check-cached-permissions' doesn't handle
+               ;; symbolic links.
+               (and (stringp (file-symlink-p filename))
+                    (file-readable-p
+                     (concat
+                      (file-remote-p filename) (file-symlink-p filename))))
                ;; If the user is different from what we guess to be
                ;; the user, we don't know.  Let's check, whether
                ;; access is restricted explicitly.