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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index ed095717e262..37e158e4aff0 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ Path canonPath(const Path & path, bool resolveSymlinks)
             /* If s points to a symlink, resolve it and restart (since
                the symlink target might contain new symlinks). */
             if (resolveSymlinks && isLink(s)) {
-                followCount++;
-                if (followCount >= maxFollow)
+                if (++followCount >= maxFollow)
                     throw Error(format("infinite symlink recursion in path `%1%'") % path);
                 temp = absPath(readLink(s), dirOf(s))
                     + string(i, end);