diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/SplFileInfo.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/SplFileInfo.php
index e7e58f757c..d911fe06e8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/SplFileInfo.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/SplFileInfo.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class SplFileInfo extends \SplFileInfo
     public function getContents()
     {
         $level = error_reporting(0);
-        $content = file_get_contents($this->getRealpath());
+        $content = file_get_contents($this->getPathname());
         error_reporting($level);
         if (false === $content) {
             $error = error_get_last();