diff --git a/src/fuse_getattr.cpp b/src/fuse_getattr.cpp
index 2e0e5475..40726230 100644
--- a/src/fuse_getattr.cpp
+++ b/src/fuse_getattr.cpp
@@ -153,28 +153,7 @@ namespace l
 
     fullpath = fs::path::make(i->second,fusepath_);
 
-    switch(followsymlinks_)
-      {
-      case FollowSymlinks::ENUM::NEVER:
-        rv = fs::lstat(fullpath,st_);
-        break;
-      case FollowSymlinks::ENUM::DIRECTORY:
-        rv = fs::lstat(fullpath,st_);
-        if(S_ISLNK(st_->st_mode))
-          l::set_stat_if_leads_to_dir(fullpath,st_);
-        break;
-      case FollowSymlinks::ENUM::REGULAR:
-        rv = fs::lstat(fullpath,st_);
-        if(S_ISLNK(st_->st_mode))
-          l::set_stat_if_leads_to_reg(fullpath,st_);
-        break;
-      case FollowSymlinks::ENUM::ALL:
-        rv = fs::stat(fullpath,st_);
-        if(rv != 0)
-          rv = fs::lstat(fullpath,st_);
-        break;
-      }
-
+    rv = l::getattr(fullpath,followsymlinks_,st_);
     if(rv == -1)
       {
         cache.erase(fusepath_);