1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c
index b93d9212ad5..1bfcac5c946 100644
--- a/src/emacs.c
+++ b/src/emacs.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ init_cmdargs (argc, argv, skip_args)
           tem = Ffile_symlink_p (name);
           if (!NILP (tem))
             {
-              name = tem;
+              name = Fexpand_file_name (tem, dir);
               dir = Ffile_name_directory (name);
             }
           else