diff --git a/tests/integration/filesystem/squashfs/squashfs_v4_le/__input__/bad_symlink.squashfs b/tests/integration/filesystem/squashfs/squashfs_v4_le/__input__/bad_symlink.squashfs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f95a690d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/filesystem/squashfs/squashfs_v4_le/__input__/bad_symlink.squashfs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:0c55f810260e48d4db63d02b92a0a07e0e8b04c46070a2f3ef1f2314eaab0d37
+size 4096
diff --git a/tests/integration/filesystem/squashfs/squashfs_v4_le/__output__/bad_symlink.squashfs_extract/badlink b/tests/integration/filesystem/squashfs/squashfs_v4_le/__output__/bad_symlink.squashfs_extract/badlink
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..68fc382c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/filesystem/squashfs/squashfs_v4_le/__output__/bad_symlink.squashfs_extract/badlink
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/unblob/extractor.py b/unblob/extractor.py
index 8b4aac0d29..e25607c593 100644
--- a/unblob/extractor.py
+++ b/unblob/extractor.py
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ def carve_chunk_to_file(carve_path: Path, file: File, chunk: Chunk):
 
 
 def fix_permission(path: Path):
-    if not path.exists():
+    if path.is_symlink():
         return
 
-    if path.is_symlink():
+    if not path.exists():
         return
 
     mode = path.stat().st_mode