diff --git a/benchmark/fs/bench-cpSync.js b/benchmark/fs/bench-cpSync.js
index 822036726d198d..fa6350384c69dd 100644
--- a/benchmark/fs/bench-cpSync.js
+++ b/benchmark/fs/bench-cpSync.js
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ const tmpdir = require('../../test/common/tmpdir');
 const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
   n: [1, 100, 10_000],
   dereference: ['true', 'false'],
-  // When `force` is `true` the `cpSync` function is called twice the second
-  // time however an `ERR_FS_CP_EINVAL` is thrown, so skip `true` for the time being
-  // TODO: allow `force` to also be `true` once https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/58468 is addressed
-  force: ['false'],
+  force: ['true', 'false'],
 });
 
 function prepareTestDirectory() {
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp-sync.js b/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp-sync.js
index 9e67ae6335ec46..1b562b7d239079 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp-sync.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp-sync.js
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ function onLink(destStat, src, dest, verbatimSymlinks) {
   if (!isAbsolute(resolvedDest)) {
     resolvedDest = resolve(dirname(dest), resolvedDest);
   }
-  if (isSrcSubdir(resolvedSrc, resolvedDest)) {
+  const srcIsDir = fsBinding.internalModuleStat(src) === 1;
+
+  if (srcIsDir && isSrcSubdir(resolvedSrc, resolvedDest)) {
     throw new ERR_FS_CP_EINVAL({
       message: `cannot copy ${resolvedSrc} to a subdirectory of self ` +
           `${resolvedDest}`,
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp.js b/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp.js
index 0724eb730db058..b632c650681e77 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/cp/cp.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const {
   resolve,
   sep,
 } = require('path');
+const fsBinding = internalBinding('fs');
 
 async function cpFn(src, dest, opts) {
   // Warn about using preserveTimestamps on 32-bit node
@@ -344,7 +345,10 @@ async function onLink(destStat, src, dest, opts) {
   if (!isAbsolute(resolvedDest)) {
     resolvedDest = resolve(dirname(dest), resolvedDest);
   }
-  if (isSrcSubdir(resolvedSrc, resolvedDest)) {
+
+  const srcIsDir = fsBinding.internalModuleStat(src) === 1;
+
+  if (srcIsDir && isSrcSubdir(resolvedSrc, resolvedDest)) {
     throw new ERR_FS_CP_EINVAL({
       message: `cannot copy ${resolvedSrc} to a subdirectory of self ` +
             `${resolvedDest}`,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-cp.mjs b/test/parallel/test-fs-cp.mjs
index 260a1449d1a953..7a89d0d859bc6c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-cp.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-cp.mjs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const {
   writeFileSync,
 } = fs;
 import net from 'net';
-import { join } from 'path';
+import { join, resolve } from 'path';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'url';
 import { setTimeout } from 'timers/promises';
 
@@ -248,6 +248,34 @@ function nextdir(dirname) {
   );
 }
 
+// It allows cpSync copying symlinks in src to locations in dest with existing synlinks not pointing to a directory.
+{
+  const src = nextdir();
+  const dest = nextdir();
+  mkdirSync(src, mustNotMutateObjectDeep({ recursive: true }));
+  writeFileSync(`${src}/test.txt`, 'test');
+  symlinkSync(resolve(`${src}/test.txt`), join(src, 'link.txt'));
+  cpSync(src, dest, mustNotMutateObjectDeep({ recursive: true }));
+  cpSync(src, dest, mustNotMutateObjectDeep({ recursive: true }));
+}
+
+// It allows cp copying symlinks in src to locations in dest with existing synlinks not pointing to a directory.
+{
+  const src = nextdir();
+  const dest = nextdir();
+  mkdirSync(src, mustNotMutateObjectDeep({ recursive: true }));
+  writeFileSync(`${src}/test.txt`, 'test');
+  symlinkSync(resolve(`${src}/test.txt`), join(src, 'link.txt'));
+  cp(src, dest, { recursive: true },
+     mustCall((err) => {
+       assert.strictEqual(err, null);
+
+       cp(src, dest, { recursive: true }, mustCall((err) => {
+         assert.strictEqual(err, null);
+       }));
+     }));
+}
+
 // It throws error if symlink in dest points to location in src.
 {
   const src = nextdir();