diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index b8524c58841bb8..2090fba53bafaf 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -1543,6 +1543,9 @@ fs.realpathSync = function realpathSync(p, options) {
       if (linkTarget === null) {
         fs.statSync(base);
         linkTarget = fs.readlinkSync(base);
+        if (linkTarget.startsWith('\\ContainerMappedDirectories')) {
+          continue;
+        }
       }
       resolvedLink = pathModule.resolve(previous, linkTarget);