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diff --git a/src/diff.c b/src/diff.c
index 02b89b46e..bc8708e33 100644
--- a/src/diff.c
+++ b/src/diff.c
@@ -456,10 +456,10 @@ static int maybe_modified(
if (!diff_path_matches_pathspec(diff, oitem->path))
return 0;
- /* on platforms with no symlinks, promote plain files to symlinks */
+ /* on platforms with no symlinks, preserve mode of existing symlinks */
if (S_ISLNK(omode) && S_ISREG(nmode) &&
!(diff->diffcaps & GIT_DIFFCAPS_HAS_SYMLINKS))
- nmode = GIT_MODE_TYPE(omode) | (nmode & GIT_MODE_PERMS_MASK);
+ nmode = omode;
/* on platforms with no execmode, just preserve old mode */
if (!(diff->diffcaps & GIT_DIFFCAPS_TRUST_MODE_BITS) &&