diff --git a/jni/NativeFormats/zlibrary/ui/src/android/filesystem/ZLAndroidFSManager.cpp b/jni/NativeFormats/zlibrary/ui/src/android/filesystem/ZLAndroidFSManager.cpp
index 135bb74df..03936fd65 100644
--- a/jni/NativeFormats/zlibrary/ui/src/android/filesystem/ZLAndroidFSManager.cpp
+++ b/jni/NativeFormats/zlibrary/ui/src/android/filesystem/ZLAndroidFSManager.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ std::string ZLAndroidFSManager::resolveSymlink(const std::string &path) const {
 	if (useNativeImplementation(path)) {
 		return ZLUnixFSManager::resolveSymlink(path);
 	}
-	return std::string();
+	return path;
 }
 
 ZLFSDir *ZLAndroidFSManager::createNewDirectory(const std::string &path) const {