diff -r bae0912dd160 Lib/posixpath.py --- a/Lib/posixpath.py Thu Oct 01 08:56:54 2015 +0200 +++ b/Lib/posixpath.py Thu Oct 01 09:56:35 2015 +0200 @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ else: parent = join(path, '..') try: - s2 = os.lstat(parent) + s2 = os.lstat(abspath(parent)) except OSError: return False