diff --git a/src/unix/pipe.c b/src/unix/pipe.c
index e640bf29..2c578dcb 100644
--- a/src/unix/pipe.c
+++ b/src/unix/pipe.c
@@ -319,21 +319,6 @@ int uv_pipe_chmod(uv_pipe_t* handle, int mode) {
       mode != (UV_WRITABLE | UV_READABLE))
     return UV_EINVAL;
 
-  if (fstat(uv__stream_fd(handle), &pipe_stat) == -1)
-    return UV__ERR(errno);
-
-  desired_mode = 0;
-  if (mode & UV_READABLE)
-    desired_mode |= S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH;
-  if (mode & UV_WRITABLE)
-    desired_mode |= S_IWUSR | S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH;
-
-  /* Exit early if pipe already has desired mode. */
-  if ((pipe_stat.st_mode & desired_mode) == desired_mode)
-    return 0;
-
-  pipe_stat.st_mode |= desired_mode;
-
   /* Unfortunately fchmod does not work on all platforms, we will use chmod. */
   name_len = 0;
   r = uv_pipe_getsockname(handle, NULL, &name_len);
@@ -350,6 +335,26 @@ int uv_pipe_chmod(uv_pipe_t* handle, int mode) {
     return r;
   }
 
+  /* stat must be used as fstat has a bug on Darwin */
+  if (stat(name_buffer, &pipe_stat) == -1) {
+    uv__free(name_buffer);
+    return -errno;
+  }
+
+  desired_mode = 0;
+  if (mode & UV_READABLE)
+    desired_mode |= S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH;
+  if (mode & UV_WRITABLE)
+    desired_mode |= S_IWUSR | S_IWGRP | S_IWOTH;
+
+  /* Exit early if pipe already has desired mode. */
+  if ((pipe_stat.st_mode & desired_mode) == desired_mode) {
+    uv__free(name_buffer);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  pipe_stat.st_mode |= desired_mode;
+
   r = chmod(name_buffer, pipe_stat.st_mode);
   uv__free(name_buffer);
 
diff --git a/test/test-pipe-set-fchmod.c b/test/test-pipe-set-fchmod.c
index 59f0e6f5..de4932dc 100644
--- a/test/test-pipe-set-fchmod.c
+++ b/test/test-pipe-set-fchmod.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ TEST_IMPL(pipe_set_chmod) {
   uv_pipe_t pipe_handle;
   uv_loop_t* loop;
   int r;
+#ifndef _WIN32
+  struct stat stat_buf;
+#endif
 
   loop = uv_default_loop();
 
@@ -44,12 +47,33 @@ TEST_IMPL(pipe_set_chmod) {
     RETURN_SKIP("Insufficient privileges to alter pipe fmode");
   }
   ASSERT(r == 0);
+#ifndef _WIN32
+  stat(TEST_PIPENAME, &stat_buf);
+  ASSERT(stat_buf.st_mode & S_IRUSR);
+  ASSERT(stat_buf.st_mode & S_IRGRP);
+  ASSERT(stat_buf.st_mode & S_IROTH);
+#endif
 
   r = uv_pipe_chmod(&pipe_handle, UV_WRITABLE);
   ASSERT(r == 0);
+#ifndef _WIN32
+  stat(TEST_PIPENAME, &stat_buf);
+  ASSERT(stat_buf.st_mode & S_IWUSR);
+  ASSERT(stat_buf.st_mode & S_IWGRP);
+  ASSERT(stat_buf.st_mode & S_IWOTH);
+#endif
 
   r = uv_pipe_chmod(&pipe_handle, UV_WRITABLE | UV_READABLE);
   ASSERT(r == 0);
+#ifndef _WIN32
+  stat(TEST_PIPENAME, &stat_buf);
+  ASSERT(stat_buf.st_mode & S_IRUSR);
+  ASSERT(stat_buf.st_mode & S_IRGRP);
+  ASSERT(stat_buf.st_mode & S_IROTH);
+  ASSERT(stat_buf.st_mode & S_IWUSR);
+  ASSERT(stat_buf.st_mode & S_IWGRP);
+  ASSERT(stat_buf.st_mode & S_IWOTH);
+#endif
 
   r = uv_pipe_chmod(NULL, UV_WRITABLE | UV_READABLE);
   ASSERT(r == UV_EBADF);