diff --git a/ext/standard/filestat.c b/ext/standard/filestat.c
index 412e1f122fc..21bb42a6d16 100644
--- a/ext/standard/filestat.c
+++ b/ext/standard/filestat.c
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ PHPAPI void php_u_stat(zend_uchar filename_type, const zstr filename, php_stat_l
 		if (FAILURE == php_stream_path_encode(NULL, &fn, &filename_length, filename.u, filename_length, REPORT_ERRORS, context)) {
 			RETURN_FALSE;
 		}
-		php_stat(filename.s, filename_length, type, return_value TSRMLS_CC);
+		php_stat(fn, filename_length, type, return_value TSRMLS_CC);
 		efree(fn);
 	}
 }