diff --git a/src/vs/base/node/extfs.ts b/src/vs/base/node/extfs.ts
index 8f5009d6da3ea13d26ade1fd573df884f5c0a3df..20957c5ad9fc1c1dc77e02b0793d956f9cb09b20 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/node/extfs.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/node/extfs.ts
@@ -304,12 +304,12 @@ export function mv(source: string, target: string, callback: (error: Error | nul
 			return callback(err);
 		}
 
-		fs.stat(target, (error, stat) => {
+		fs.lstat(target, (error, stat) => {
 			if (error) {
 				return callback(error);
 			}
 
-			if (stat.isDirectory()) {
+			if (stat.isDirectory() || stat.isSymbolicLink()) {
 				return callback(null);
 			}