diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index b396f0a..515b0ae 100644
--- a/Lib/posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@
 def ismount(path):
     """Test whether a path is a mount point"""
     try:
-        s1 = os.stat(path)
-        s2 = os.stat(join(path, '..'))
+        s1 = os.lstat(path)
+        s2 = os.lstat(join(path, '..'))
     except os.error:
         return False # It doesn't exist -- so not a mount point :-)
     dev1 = s1.st_dev