diff --git a/container/initsymlink.go b/container/initsymlink.go
index fb80867..33e00e0 100644
--- a/container/initsymlink.go
+++ b/container/initsymlink.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package container
 import (
 	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/fs"
 	"path"
 )
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ func (l *SymlinkOp) Valid() bool { return l != nil && l.Target != nil && l.LinkN
 func (l *SymlinkOp) early(_ *setupState, k syscallDispatcher) error {
 	if l.Dereference {
 		if !isAbs(l.LinkName) {
-			return msg.WrapErr(fs.ErrInvalid, fmt.Sprintf("path %q is not absolute", l.LinkName))
+			return &AbsoluteError{l.LinkName}
 		}
 		if name, err := k.readlink(l.LinkName); err != nil {
 			return wrapErrSelf(err)
diff --git a/container/initsymlink_test.go b/container/initsymlink_test.go
index 1bd0589..0687afd 100644
--- a/container/initsymlink_test.go
+++ b/container/initsymlink_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package container
 
 import (
-	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ func TestSymlinkOp(t *testing.T) {
 			Target:      MustAbs("/etc/mtab"),
 			LinkName:    "etc/mtab",
 			Dereference: true,
-		}, nil, msg.WrapErr(fs.ErrInvalid, `path "etc/mtab" is not absolute`), nil, nil},
+		}, nil, &AbsoluteError{"etc/mtab"}, nil, nil},
 
 		{"readlink", &Params{ParentPerm: 0755}, &SymlinkOp{
 			Target:      MustAbs("/etc/mtab"),