diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index 3048f38b711..cd84caa36af 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -1390,8 +1390,8 @@ pub fn copy(sources: &[PathBuf], target: &Path, options: &Options) -> CopyResult
             let dest = construct_dest_path(source, target, target_type, options)
                 .unwrap_or_else(|_| target.to_path_buf());
 
-            if fs::metadata(&dest).is_ok()
-                && !fs::symlink_metadata(&dest)?.file_type().is_symlink()
+            if FileInformation::from_path(&dest, true).is_ok()
+                && !fs::symlink_metadata(&dest).is_ok_and(|m| m.file_type().is_symlink())
                 // if both `source` and `dest` are symlinks, it should be considered as an overwrite.
                 || fs::metadata(source).is_ok()
                     && fs::symlink_metadata(source)?.file_type().is_symlink()
diff --git a/util/fetch-gnu.sh b/util/fetch-gnu.sh
index 92e88ed75c6..34bb3fb9c5e 100755
--- a/util/fetch-gnu.sh
+++ b/util/fetch-gnu.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ curl -L "${repo}/releases/download/v${ver}/coreutils-${ver}.tar.xz" | tar --stri
 curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/mv/hardlink-case.sh > tests/mv/hardlink-case.sh
 curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/mkdir/writable-under-readonly.sh > tests/mkdir/writable-under-readonly.sh
 curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/cp/cp-mv-enotsup-xattr.sh > tests/cp/cp-mv-enotsup-xattr.sh #spell-checker:disable-line
+curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/cp/nfs-removal-race.sh > tests/cp/nfs-removal-race.sh
 curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/csplit/csplit-io-err.sh > tests/csplit/csplit-io-err.sh
 # Avoid incorrect PASS
 curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/runcon/runcon-compute.sh > tests/runcon/runcon-compute.sh