diff --git a/helpers/path.go b/helpers/path.go
index 5f1e83398..a5b176568 100644
--- a/helpers/path.go
+++ b/helpers/path.go
@@ -453,14 +453,14 @@ func SymbolicWalk(fs afero.Fs, root string, walker filepath.WalkFunc) error {
 	// Handle the root first
 	fileInfo, err := lstatIfOs(fs, root)
 
-	if err != nil || !fileInfo.IsDir() {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return walker(root, nil, err)
 	}
 
+	if !fileInfo.IsDir() {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if err := walker(root, fileInfo, err); err != nil && err != filepath.SkipDir {
 		return err
 	}