diff --git a/src/node_file.cc b/src/node_file.cc
index 70c37d7f7ddad7..8b9a3b481d9a97 100644
--- a/src/node_file.cc
+++ b/src/node_file.cc
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ static void InternalModuleStat(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   int rc = uv_fs_stat(env->event_loop(), &req, *path, nullptr);
   if (rc == 0) {
     const uv_stat_t* const s = static_cast<const uv_stat_t*>(req.ptr);
-    rc = !!(s->st_mode & S_IFDIR);
+    rc = S_ISDIR(s->st_mode);
   }
   uv_fs_req_cleanup(&req);
 
@@ -2854,7 +2854,7 @@ BindingData::FilePathIsFileReturnType BindingData::FilePathIsFile(
 
   if (rc == 0) {
     const uv_stat_t* const s = static_cast<const uv_stat_t*>(req.ptr);
-    rc = !!(s->st_mode & S_IFDIR);
+    rc = S_ISDIR(s->st_mode);
   }
 
   uv_fs_req_cleanup(&req);
diff --git a/src/permission/fs_permission.cc b/src/permission/fs_permission.cc
index 0c881fa266d23d..745ddd96c089ed 100644
--- a/src/permission/fs_permission.cc
+++ b/src/permission/fs_permission.cc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ std::string WildcardIfDir(const std::string& res) noexcept {
   int rc = uv_fs_stat(nullptr, &req, res.c_str(), nullptr);
   if (rc == 0) {
     const uv_stat_t* const s = static_cast<const uv_stat_t*>(req.ptr);
-    if (s->st_mode & S_IFDIR) {
+    if ((s->st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
       // add wildcard when directory
       if (res.back() == node::kPathSeparator) {
         return res + "*";