diff --git a/plugins/image-source/image-source.c b/plugins/image-source/image-source.c
index b962fa8a0..ee901fd31 100644
--- a/plugins/image-source/image-source.c
+++ b/plugins/image-source/image-source.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct image_source {
 static time_t get_modified_timestamp(const char *filename)
 {
 	struct stat stats;
-	if (stat(filename, &stats) != 0)
+	if (os_stat(filename, &stats) != 0)
 		return -1;
 	return stats.st_mtime;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/text-freetype2/text-functionality.c b/plugins/text-freetype2/text-functionality.c
index 891c44579..06834573b 100644
--- a/plugins/text-freetype2/text-functionality.c
+++ b/plugins/text-freetype2/text-functionality.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ time_t get_modified_timestamp(char *filename)
 
 	// stat is apparently terrifying and horrible, but we only call it once
 	// every second at most.
-	if (stat(filename, &stats) != 0)
+	if (os_stat(filename, &stats) != 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	return stats.st_mtime;