diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index e550b470da5..085a23d8e59 100644
--- a/Lib/posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -429,9 +429,7 @@ def _joinrealpath(path, rest, strict, seen):
         newpath = join(path, name)
         try:
             st = os.lstat(newpath)
-        except OSError:
-            if strict:
-                raise
+        except ignored_error:
             is_link = False
         else:
             is_link = stat.S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)