diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
index 580a6c8ceefba6..36a8bdc7be810c 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   removeDir,
   removeLeadingSlash,
   renameDir,
+  tryStatSync,
   writeFile,
 } from '../utils'
 import { transformWithEsbuild } from '../plugins/esbuild'
@@ -1212,11 +1213,9 @@ export function getDepHash(config: ResolvedConfig, ssr: boolean): string {
     if (checkPatches) {
       // Default of https://github.com/ds300/patch-package
       const fullPath = path.join(path.dirname(lockfilePath), 'patches')
-      if (fs.existsSync(fullPath)) {
-        const stats = fs.statSync(fullPath)
-        if (stats.isDirectory()) {
-          content += stats.mtimeMs.toString()
-        }
+      const stat = tryStatSync(fullPath)
+      if (stat?.isDirectory()) {
+        content += stat.mtimeMs.toString()
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/resolve.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/resolve.ts
index 581b1a3368c4c8..3616a839c1098b 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/resolve.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/resolve.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import {
   resolveFrom,
   safeRealpathSync,
   slash,
+  tryStatSync,
 } from '../utils'
 import { optimizedDepInfoFromFile, optimizedDepInfoFromId } from '../optimizer'
 import type { DepsOptimizer } from '../optimizer'
@@ -648,14 +649,6 @@ function tryResolveRealFileWithExtensions(
   }
 }
 
-function tryStatSync(file: string): fs.Stats | undefined {
-  try {
-    return fs.statSync(file, { throwIfNoEntry: false })
-  } catch {
-    // Ignore errors
-  }
-}
-
 export type InternalResolveOptionsWithOverrideConditions =
   InternalResolveOptions & {
     /**
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
index 81ebda7b98e7db..078aa8ed99e4f3 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
@@ -392,6 +392,13 @@ export function isDefined<T>(value: T | undefined | null): value is T {
   return value != null
 }
 
+export function tryStatSync(file: string): fs.Stats | undefined {
+  try {
+    return fs.statSync(file, { throwIfNoEntry: false })
+  } catch {
+    // Ignore errors
+  }
+}
 interface LookupFileOptions {
   pathOnly?: boolean
   rootDir?: string
@@ -405,7 +412,7 @@ export function lookupFile(
 ): string | undefined {
   for (const format of formats) {
     const fullPath = path.join(dir, format)
-    if (fs.existsSync(fullPath) && fs.statSync(fullPath).isFile()) {
+    if (tryStatSync(fullPath)?.isFile()) {
       const result = options?.pathOnly
         ? fullPath
         : fs.readFileSync(fullPath, 'utf-8')