--- flist.c.orig	2018-01-15 04:55:07.000000000 +0100
+++ flist.c	2018-05-18 22:09:16.955006807 +0200
@@ -1700,12 +1700,16 @@
 	if (!(d = opendir(fbuf))) {
 		if (errno == ENOENT) {
 			if (am_sender) /* Can abuse this for vanished error w/ENOENT: */
 				interpret_stat_error(fbuf, True);
 			return;
 		}
+		/* Fuzzy matching in a link-dest or other *-dest directory
+		 * may cause a regular file to be assumed a directory. */
+		if (errno == ENOTDIR && !am_sender)
+			return;
 		io_error |= IOERR_GENERAL;
 		rsyserr(FERROR_XFER, errno, "opendir %s failed", full_fname(fbuf));
 		return;
 	}
 
 	p = fbuf + len;