1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/file.c b/lib/file.c
index 6dd63b6a2..5e652001b 100644
--- a/lib/file.c
+++ b/lib/file.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static CURLcode file_upload(struct connectdata *conn)
 
   /* treat the negative resume offset value as the case of "-" */
   if(data->state.resume_from < 0) {
-    if(stat(file->path, &file_stat)) {
+    if(fstat(fileno(fp), &file_stat)) {
       fclose(fp);
       failf(data, "Can't get the size of %s", file->path);
       return CURLE_WRITE_ERROR;