diff --git a/notebook/services/contents/filemanager.py b/notebook/services/contents/filemanager.py
index 7d0c7be5d3..c46bd1a3ab 100644
--- a/notebook/services/contents/filemanager.py
+++ b/notebook/services/contents/filemanager.py
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def _dir_model(self, path, content=True):
                     continue
 
                 try:
-                    st = os.lstat(os_path)
+                    st = os.stat(os_path)
                 except OSError as e:
                     # skip over broken symlinks in listing
                     if e.errno == errno.ENOENT: