diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 5e609d5daa8..bb6d0259242 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.8.1\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 - Remove 'onFilteredOut' and 'onDroppedOnPublish' callback logs {issue}36299[36299] {pull}36399[36399]
 - Added a fix for Crowdstrike pipeline handling process arrays {pull}36496[36496]
 - Ensure winlog input retains metric collection when handling recoverable errors. {issue}36479[36479] {pull}36483[36483]
+- Revert error introduced in {pull}35734[35734] when symlinks can't be resolved in filestream. {pull}36557[36557]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
diff --git a/filebeat/input/filestream/fswatch.go b/filebeat/input/filestream/fswatch.go
index 39d0275cfef..8986794340d 100644
--- a/filebeat/input/filestream/fswatch.go
+++ b/filebeat/input/filestream/fswatch.go
@@ -441,7 +441,8 @@ func (s *fileScanner) getIngestTarget(filename string) (it ingestTarget, err err
 
 		it.originalFilename, err = filepath.EvalSymlinks(it.filename)
 		if err != nil {
-			return it, fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve the symlink %q: %w", it.filename, err)
+			s.log.Debugf("finding path to original file has failed %s: %+v", it.filename, err)
+			it.originalFilename = it.filename
 		}
 
 		if s.isFileExcluded(it.originalFilename) {