diff --git a/src/FileSystem/FilesFinder.php b/src/FileSystem/FilesFinder.php
index d29c4730e50..6d2bfbde218 100644
--- a/src/FileSystem/FilesFinder.php
+++ b/src/FileSystem/FilesFinder.php
@@ -116,8 +116,9 @@ private function addFilterWithExcludedPaths(Finder $finder): void
         }
 
         $finder->filter(function (SplFileInfo $splFileInfo) use ($excludePaths): bool {
+            /** @var string|false $realPath */
             $realPath = $splFileInfo->getRealPath();
-            if ($realPath === '') {
+            if ($realPath === false) {
                 // dead symlink
                 return false;
             }
diff --git a/tests/FileSystem/FilesFinder/FilesFinderTest.php b/tests/FileSystem/FilesFinder/FilesFinderTest.php
index 55dd1404619..274264be95a 100644
--- a/tests/FileSystem/FilesFinder/FilesFinderTest.php
+++ b/tests/FileSystem/FilesFinder/FilesFinderTest.php
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ public function testWithFollowingSymlinks(): void
         $this->assertCount(2, $foundFiles);
     }
 
+    public function testWithFollowingBrokenSymlinks(): void
+    {
+        $this->bootFromConfigFiles([__DIR__ . '/config/test_broken_symlinks.php']);
+        $filesFinder = $this->getService(FilesFinder::class);
+        $foundFiles = $filesFinder->findInDirectoriesAndFiles([__DIR__ . '/SourceWithBrokenSymlinks']);
+        $this->assertCount(0, $foundFiles);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider provideData()
      */
diff --git a/tests/FileSystem/FilesFinder/SourceWithBrokenSymlinks/folder1/foo.txt b/tests/FileSystem/FilesFinder/SourceWithBrokenSymlinks/folder1/foo.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/tests/FileSystem/FilesFinder/SourceWithBrokenSymlinks/folder2/folder3 b/tests/FileSystem/FilesFinder/SourceWithBrokenSymlinks/folder2/folder3
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..2d1db2ad3a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/FileSystem/FilesFinder/SourceWithBrokenSymlinks/folder2/folder3
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+folderBroken
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/FileSystem/FilesFinder/config/test_broken_symlinks.php b/tests/FileSystem/FilesFinder/config/test_broken_symlinks.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cbf49ed12e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/FileSystem/FilesFinder/config/test_broken_symlinks.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Rector\Core\Configuration\Option;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\Configurator\ContainerConfigurator;
+
+return static function (ContainerConfigurator $containerConfigurator): void {
+    $parameters = $containerConfigurator->parameters();
+    $parameters->set(Option::SKIP, [__DIR__ . '/../SourceWithBrokenSymlinks/folder1']);
+};