diff --git a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
index 61e1541..2619883 100644
--- a/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
+++ b/IPython/core/interactiveshell.py
@@ -772,10 +772,13 @@ class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):
         # stdlib venv may symlink sys.executable, so we can't use realpath.
         # but others can symlink *to* the venv Python, so we can't just use sys.executable.
         # So we just check every item in the symlink tree (generally <= 3)
+        current_dir = Path(os.curdir).absolute()
         paths = [p]
         while p.is_symlink():
-            p = Path(os.readlink(p))
-            paths.append(p.resolve())
+            os.chdir(p.parent)
+            p = Path(os.readlink(p)).absolute()
+            paths.append(p)
+        os.chdir(current_dir)
 
         # In Cygwin paths like "c:\..." and '\cygdrive\c\...' are possible
         if p_venv.parts[1] == "cygdrive":