diff --git a/runtime/main.go b/runtime/main.go
index 5b2a7f355d8697d9a1c169872c9e0b45f3ab4b8a..e0ce195a9aa57b721351140c9947b723743403c2 100644
--- a/runtime/main.go
+++ b/runtime/main.go
@@ -582,15 +582,28 @@ func updateEnvAndPostHook(spec *specs.Spec, vdevice dcmi.VDeviceInfo) {
 	}
 }
 
+func fileCheck(path string) (string, error) {
+	var err error
+	path, err = filepath.EvalSymlinks(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if _, err = mindxcheckutils.RealFileChecker(path, true, true, mindxcheckutils.DefaultSize); err != nil {
+		hwlog.RunLog.Errorf("RealFileChecker error: %v, path: %v", err, path)
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return path, nil
+}
+
 func modifySpecFile(path string) error {
 	stat, err := os.Stat(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("spec file doesnt exist %s: %v", path, err)
 	}
-	if _, err = mindxcheckutils.RealFileChecker(path, true, true, mindxcheckutils.DefaultSize); err != nil {
+	path, err = fileCheck(path)
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	jsonFile, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR, stat.Mode())
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot open oci spec file %s: %v", path, err)