diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/systemd-boot/systemd-boot-builder.py b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/systemd-boot/systemd-boot-builder.py
index 63e01dd054a..7134b432163 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/systemd-boot/systemd-boot-builder.py
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/systemd-boot/systemd-boot-builder.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def write_loader_conf(profile: Optional[str], generation: int) -> None:
 
 
 def profile_path(profile: Optional[str], generation: int, name: str) -> str:
-    return os.readlink("%s/%s" % (system_dir(profile, generation), name))
+    return os.path.realpath("%s/%s" % (system_dir(profile, generation), name))
 
 
 def copy_from_profile(profile: Optional[str], generation: int, name: str, dry_run: bool = False) -> str: