diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index f82fd93b5..4db598871 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -3127,6 +3127,11 @@ SourcePath EvalState::findFile(const LookupPath & lookupPath, const std::string_
         auto res = (r / CanonPath(suffix)).resolveSymlinks();
         if (res.pathExists())
             return res;
+
+        // Backward compatibility hack: throw an exception if access
+        // to this path is not allowed.
+        if (auto accessor = res.accessor.dynamic_pointer_cast<FilteringSourceAccessor>())
+            accessor->checkAccess(res.path);
     }
 
     if (hasPrefix(path, "nix/"))
@@ -3193,6 +3198,11 @@ std::optional<SourcePath> EvalState::resolveLookupPathPath(const LookupPath::Pat
         if (path.resolveSymlinks().pathExists())
             return finish(std::move(path));
         else {
+            // Backward compatibility hack: throw an exception if access
+            // to this path is not allowed.
+            if (auto accessor = path.accessor.dynamic_pointer_cast<FilteringSourceAccessor>())
+                accessor->checkAccess(path.path);
+
             logWarning({.msg = HintFmt("Nix search path entry '%1%' does not exist, ignoring", value)});
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/libfetchers/filtering-source-accessor.cc b/src/libfetchers/filtering-source-accessor.cc
index a99ecacef..5a3a0f07b 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/filtering-source-accessor.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers/filtering-source-accessor.cc
@@ -16,15 +16,26 @@ std::string FilteringSourceAccessor::readFile(const CanonPath & path)
     return next->readFile(prefix / path);
 }
 
+void FilteringSourceAccessor::readFile(const CanonPath & path, Sink & sink, std::function<void(uint64_t)> sizeCallback)
+{
+    checkAccess(path);
+    return next->readFile(prefix / path, sink, sizeCallback);
+}
+
 bool FilteringSourceAccessor::pathExists(const CanonPath & path)
 {
     return isAllowed(path) && next->pathExists(prefix / path);
 }
 
 std::optional<SourceAccessor::Stat> FilteringSourceAccessor::maybeLstat(const CanonPath & path)
+{
+    return isAllowed(path) ? next->maybeLstat(prefix / path) : std::nullopt;
+}
+
+SourceAccessor::Stat FilteringSourceAccessor::lstat(const CanonPath & path)
 {
     checkAccess(path);
-    return next->maybeLstat(prefix / path);
+    return next->lstat(prefix / path);
 }
 
 SourceAccessor::DirEntries FilteringSourceAccessor::readDirectory(const CanonPath & path)
diff --git a/src/libfetchers/include/nix/fetchers/filtering-source-accessor.hh b/src/libfetchers/include/nix/fetchers/filtering-source-accessor.hh
index f8a57bfb3..1c2fd60b0 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/include/nix/fetchers/filtering-source-accessor.hh
+++ b/src/libfetchers/include/nix/fetchers/filtering-source-accessor.hh
@@ -36,8 +36,12 @@ struct FilteringSourceAccessor : SourceAccessor
 
     std::string readFile(const CanonPath & path) override;
 
+    void readFile(const CanonPath & path, Sink & sink, std::function<void(uint64_t)> sizeCallback) override;
+
     bool pathExists(const CanonPath & path) override;
 
+    Stat lstat(const CanonPath & path) override;
+
     std::optional<Stat> maybeLstat(const CanonPath & path) override;
 
     DirEntries readDirectory(const CanonPath & path) override;
diff --git a/src/libutil/include/nix/util/source-accessor.hh b/src/libutil/include/nix/util/source-accessor.hh
index 7419ef392..e57b85411 100644
--- a/src/libutil/include/nix/util/source-accessor.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/include/nix/util/source-accessor.hh
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ struct SourceAccessor : std::enable_shared_from_this<SourceAccessor>
         std::string typeString();
     };
 
-    Stat lstat(const CanonPath & path);
+    virtual Stat lstat(const CanonPath & path);
 
     virtual std::optional<Stat> maybeLstat(const CanonPath & path) = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/mounted-source-accessor.cc b/src/libutil/mounted-source-accessor.cc
index 5c0ecc1ff..cd7e3d496 100644
--- a/src/libutil/mounted-source-accessor.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/mounted-source-accessor.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ struct MountedSourceAccessorImpl : MountedSourceAccessor
         return accessor->readFile(subpath);
     }
 
+    Stat lstat(const CanonPath & path) override
+    {
+        auto [accessor, subpath] = resolve(path);
+        return accessor->lstat(subpath);
+    }
+
     std::optional<Stat> maybeLstat(const CanonPath & path) override
     {
         auto [accessor, subpath] = resolve(path);