diff --git a/src/win32/posix_w32.c b/src/win32/posix_w32.c
index 339d43131..f533eaa5e 100644
--- a/src/win32/posix_w32.c
+++ b/src/win32/posix_w32.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static int do_lstat(
 		/* Windows symlinks have zero file size, call readlink to determine
 		 * the length of the path pointed to, which we expect everywhere else
 		 */
-		if (fMode & S_IFLNK) {
+		if (S_ISLNK(fMode)) {
 			char target[GIT_WIN_PATH];
 			int readlink_result;