diff --git a/src/unix/fs.c b/src/unix/fs.c
index 508b748a..0b2505e4 100644
--- a/src/unix/fs.c
+++ b/src/unix/fs.c
@@ -810,8 +810,11 @@ static void uv__to_stat(struct stat* src, uv_stat_t* dst) {
 static int uv__fs_stat(const char *path, uv_stat_t *buf) {
   struct stat pbuf;
   int ret;
+
   ret = stat(path, &pbuf);
-  uv__to_stat(&pbuf, buf);
+  if (ret == 0)
+    uv__to_stat(&pbuf, buf);
+
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -819,8 +822,11 @@ static int uv__fs_stat(const char *path, uv_stat_t *buf) {
 static int uv__fs_lstat(const char *path, uv_stat_t *buf) {
   struct stat pbuf;
   int ret;
+
   ret = lstat(path, &pbuf);
-  uv__to_stat(&pbuf, buf);
+  if (ret == 0)
+    uv__to_stat(&pbuf, buf);
+
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -828,8 +834,11 @@ static int uv__fs_lstat(const char *path, uv_stat_t *buf) {
 static int uv__fs_fstat(int fd, uv_stat_t *buf) {
   struct stat pbuf;
   int ret;
+
   ret = fstat(fd, &pbuf);
-  uv__to_stat(&pbuf, buf);
+  if (ret == 0)
+    uv__to_stat(&pbuf, buf);
+
   return ret;
 }