1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/paths.c b/src/firejail/paths.c
index b800fa944..d58a9d272 100644
--- a/src/firejail/paths.c
+++ b/src/firejail/paths.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int program_in_path(const char *program) {
                         // ('x' permission means something different for directories).
                         // exec follows symlinks, so use stat, not lstat.
                         struct stat st;
-                        if (stat(scratch, &st)) {
+                        if (stat_as_user(scratch, &st)) {
                                 perror(scratch);
                                 exit(1);
                         }