1 files changed, 8 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index ca4ccf449599..461a5477686c 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -815,22 +815,15 @@ static void prim_readDir(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Val
     DirEntries entries = readDirectory(path);
     state.mkAttrs(v, entries.size());
 
-    for (const auto & ent : entries) {
+    for (auto & ent : entries) {
         Value * ent_val = state.allocAttr(v, state.symbols.create(ent.name));
-        if (ent.type == DT_UNKNOWN) {
-            struct stat st = lstat(path + "/" + ent.name);
-            mkString(*ent_val,
-                S_ISREG(st.st_mode) ? "regular" :
-                S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) ? "directory" :
-                S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) ? "symlink" :
-                "unknown");
-        } else {
-            mkString(*ent_val,
-                ent.type == DT_REG ? "regular" :
-                ent.type == DT_DIR ? "directory" :
-                ent.type == DT_LNK ? "symlink" :
-                "unknown");
-        }
+        if (ent.type == DT_UNKNOWN)
+            ent.type = getFileType(path);
+        mkString(*ent_val,
+            ent.type == DT_REG ? "regular" :
+            ent.type == DT_DIR ? "directory" :
+            ent.type == DT_LNK ? "symlink" :
+            "unknown");
     }
 
     v.attrs->sort();