diff --git a/libexec/rpc.rquotad/rquotad.c b/libexec/rpc.rquotad/rquotad.c
index aba357ac4f15..8ec0e54d1129 100644
--- a/libexec/rpc.rquotad/rquotad.c
+++ b/libexec/rpc.rquotad/rquotad.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ initfs()
 		fs_current->qfpathname = malloc(sizeof(char) * (strlen(qfpathname) + 1));
 		strcpy(fs_current->qfpathname, qfpathname);
 
-		stat(qfpathname, &st);
+		stat(fs_current->fs_file, &st);
 		fs_current->st_dev = st.st_dev;
 
 		fs_next = fs_current;