diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9445d9f..537f98d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## v1.10.0-rc.3
 
+* Fix bug where links to devices were detected as devices
 * [libnvida-container] Fix bug introduced when adding libcudadebugger.so to list of libraries
 
 ## v1.10.0-rc.2
diff --git a/internal/lookup/device.go b/internal/lookup/device.go
index 1cfc7ea2..29738cc7 100644
--- a/internal/lookup/device.go
+++ b/internal/lookup/device.go
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ func NewCharDeviceLocator(logger *logrus.Logger, root string) Locator {
 
 // assertCharDevice checks whether the specified path is a char device and returns an error if this is not the case.
 func assertCharDevice(filename string) error {
-	info, err := os.Stat(filename)
+	info, err := os.Lstat(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error getting info: %v", err)
 	}
-	if info.Mode()|os.ModeCharDevice == 0 {
+	if info.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%v is not a char device", filename)
 	}
 	return nil