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diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 7472d3ecc..a0c804c81 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "xdiff-interface.h"
 #include "ll-merge.h"
-#include "interpolate.h"
 #include "attr.h"
 #include "merge-recursive.h"
 #include "dir.h"
@@ -526,7 +525,8 @@ static void update_file_flags(struct merge_options *o,
 			char *lnk = xmemdupz(buf, size);
 			safe_create_leading_directories_const(path);
 			unlink(path);
-			symlink(lnk, path);
+			if (symlink(lnk, path))
+				die("failed to symlink %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
 			free(lnk);
 		} else
 			die("do not know what to do with %06o %s '%s'",