diff --git a/coreutils/rm.c b/coreutils/rm.c
index 2100754..fb87234 100644
--- a/coreutils/rm.c
+++ b/coreutils/rm.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 int get_stat(const char *path, struct stat *stat_path) {
-	if (stat(path, stat_path)) {
+	if (lstat(path, stat_path)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "rm: unable to stat %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ int get_stat(const char *path, struct stat *stat_path) {
 
 int rmtree(const char *path) {
 	struct stat stat_path;
-	get_stat(path, &stat_path);
+	if (get_stat(path, &stat_path))
+		return 1;
 
-	if (S_ISDIR(stat_path.st_mode) == 0) {
+	if (!S_ISDIR(stat_path.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(stat_path.st_mode)) {
 		if (unlink(path) < 0) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "rm: %s: is not directory\n", path);
 			return 1;