diff -up man-db-2.6.1/src/ult_src.c.better_so man-db-2.6.1/src/ult_src.c
--- man-db-2.6.1/src/ult_src.c.better_so	2012-02-05 14:21:24.000000000 +0100
+++ man-db-2.6.1/src/ult_src.c	2012-04-24 13:55:03.770469147 +0200
@@ -345,6 +345,12 @@ const char *ult_src (const char *name, c
 						  NULL);
 				free (include);
 
+				if (access (base, F_OK) != 0) {
+					debug ("ult_src: original path of .so link: %s doesn't exist\n",
+							base);
+					return NULL;
+				}
+
 				debug ("ult_src: points to %s\n", base);
 
 				recurse++;