diff --git a/reactos/lib/msvcrt/sys_stat/fstat.c b/reactos/lib/msvcrt/sys_stat/fstat.c
index 2eeb17050bd..c880b46644c 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/msvcrt/sys_stat/fstat.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/msvcrt/sys_stat/fstat.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int _fstat(int fd, struct stat *statbuf)
 
   statbuf->st_dev = fd;
   statbuf->st_size = FileInformation.nFileSizeLow;
-  statbuf->st_mode = S_IREAD | S_IFREG;
+  statbuf->st_mode = S_IREAD;
   if (FileInformation.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) statbuf->st_mode |= S_IFDIR;
   if (!(FileInformation.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY)) statbuf->st_mode |= S_IWRITE;
   return 0;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ __int64 _fstati64 (int fd, struct _stati64* statbuf)
   statbuf->st_dev = fd;
   statbuf->st_size = (((__int64)FileInformation.nFileSizeHigh) << 32) +
 		     FileInformation.nFileSizeLow;
-  statbuf->st_mode = S_IREAD | S_IFREG;
+  statbuf->st_mode = S_IREAD;
   if (FileInformation.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) statbuf->st_mode |= S_IFDIR;
   if (!(FileInformation.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY)) statbuf->st_mode |= S_IWRITE;
   return 0;