diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 9cd38a3258b..253c74f3770 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-10-23  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
+
+	PR breakpoints/24687
+	* symtab.c (iterate_over_some_symtabs): Apply gdb_realpath on fullname.
+
 2019-10-22  Christian Biesinger  <cbiesinger@google.com>
 
 	* symtab.c (struct demangled_name_entry) <language>: Change from
diff --git a/gdb/symtab.c b/gdb/symtab.c
index 0a87fec764e..160a4c08e96 100644
--- a/gdb/symtab.c
+++ b/gdb/symtab.c
@@ -480,6 +480,9 @@ iterate_over_some_symtabs (const char *name,
 
 	      gdb_assert (IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (real_path));
 	      gdb_assert (IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (name));
+	      gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> fullname_real_path
+		= gdb_realpath (fullname);
+	      fullname = fullname_real_path.get ();
 	      if (FILENAME_CMP (real_path, fullname) == 0)
 		{
 		  if (callback (s))