Index: attr-2.4.39/getfattr/getfattr.c
===================================================================
--- attr-2.4.39.orig/getfattr/getfattr.c
+++ attr-2.4.39/getfattr/getfattr.c
@@ -355,6 +355,10 @@ int do_print(const char *path, const str
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	 /*
+	 * When doing a physical walk or neither doing a logical walk nor processing a
+	 * direct command like argument, do not dereference symlinks.
+	 */
 	if ((walk_flags & WALK_TREE_SYMLINK) &&
 	    (walk_flags & WALK_TREE_DEREFERENCE) &&
 	    ((walk_flags & WALK_TREE_PHYSICAL) ||