diff --git a/programs/fileio.c b/programs/fileio.c
index 9a8300cdd83..75f24767740 100644
--- a/programs/fileio.c
+++ b/programs/fileio.c
@@ -1681,6 +1681,7 @@ static int FIO_compressFilename_dstFile(FIO_ctx_t* const fCtx,
     int result;
     int transferStat = 0;
     FILE *dstFile;
+    int dstFd = -1;
 
     assert(AIO_ReadPool_getFile(ress.readCtx) != NULL);
     if (AIO_WritePool_getFile(ress.writeCtx) == NULL) {
@@ -1696,6 +1697,7 @@ static int FIO_compressFilename_dstFile(FIO_ctx_t* const fCtx,
         DISPLAYLEVEL(6, "FIO_compressFilename_dstFile: opening dst: %s \n", dstFileName);
         dstFile = FIO_openDstFile(fCtx, prefs, srcFileName, dstFileName, dstFileInitialPermissions);
         if (dstFile==NULL) return 1;  /* could not open dstFileName */
+        dstFd = fileno(dstFile);
         AIO_WritePool_setFile(ress.writeCtx, dstFile);
         /* Must only be added after FIO_openDstFile() succeeds.
          * Otherwise we may delete the destination file if it already exists,
@@ -1709,14 +1711,20 @@ static int FIO_compressFilename_dstFile(FIO_ctx_t* const fCtx,
     if (closeDstFile) {
         clearHandler();
 
+        if (transferStat) {
+            UTIL_setFDStat(dstFd, dstFileName, srcFileStat);
+        }
+
         DISPLAYLEVEL(6, "FIO_compressFilename_dstFile: closing dst: %s \n", dstFileName);
         if (AIO_WritePool_closeFile(ress.writeCtx)) { /* error closing file */
             DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "zstd: %s: %s \n", dstFileName, strerror(errno));
             result=1;
         }
+
         if (transferStat) {
-            UTIL_setFileStat(dstFileName, srcFileStat);
+            UTIL_utime(dstFileName, srcFileStat);
         }
+
         if ( (result != 0)  /* operation failure */
           && strcmp(dstFileName, stdoutmark)  /* special case : don't remove() stdout */
           ) {
@@ -2540,6 +2548,7 @@ static int FIO_decompressDstFile(FIO_ctx_t* const fCtx,
     int result;
     int releaseDstFile = 0;
     int transferStat = 0;
+    int dstFd = 0;
 
     if ((AIO_WritePool_getFile(ress.writeCtx) == NULL) && (prefs->testMode == 0)) {
         FILE *dstFile;
@@ -2555,6 +2564,7 @@ static int FIO_decompressDstFile(FIO_ctx_t* const fCtx,
 
         dstFile = FIO_openDstFile(fCtx, prefs, srcFileName, dstFileName, dstFilePermissions);
         if (dstFile==NULL) return 1;
+        dstFd = fileno(dstFile);
         AIO_WritePool_setFile(ress.writeCtx, dstFile);
 
         /* Must only be added after FIO_openDstFile() succeeds.
@@ -2568,13 +2578,18 @@ static int FIO_decompressDstFile(FIO_ctx_t* const fCtx,
 
     if (releaseDstFile) {
         clearHandler();
+
+        if (transferStat) {
+            UTIL_setFDStat(dstFd, dstFileName, srcFileStat);
+        }
+
         if (AIO_WritePool_closeFile(ress.writeCtx)) {
             DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "zstd: %s: %s \n", dstFileName, strerror(errno));
             result = 1;
         }
 
         if (transferStat) {
-            UTIL_setFileStat(dstFileName, srcFileStat);
+            UTIL_utime(dstFileName, srcFileStat);
         }
 
         if ( (result != 0)  /* operation failure */
diff --git a/programs/util.c b/programs/util.c
index e017772ef6e..c9031e91d35 100644
--- a/programs/util.c
+++ b/programs/util.c
@@ -102,6 +102,17 @@ UTIL_STATIC void* UTIL_realloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
     #define chmod _chmod
 #endif
 
+#ifndef ZSTD_HAVE_FCHMOD
+#if PLATFORM_POSIX_VERSION >= 199309L
+#define ZSTD_HAVE_FCHMOD
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ZSTD_HAVE_FCHOWN
+#if PLATFORM_POSIX_VERSION >= 200809L
+#define ZSTD_HAVE_FCHOWN
+#endif
+#endif
 
 /*-****************************************
 *  Console log
@@ -147,21 +158,38 @@ void UTIL_traceFileStat(void)
     g_traceFileStat = 1;
 }
 
-int UTIL_stat(const char* filename, stat_t* statbuf)
+int UTIL_fstat(const int fd, const char* filename, stat_t* statbuf)
 {
     int ret;
-    UTIL_TRACE_CALL("UTIL_stat(%s)", filename);
+    UTIL_TRACE_CALL("UTIL_stat(%d, %s)", fd, filename);
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
-    ret = !_stat64(filename, statbuf);
+    if (fd >= 0) {
+        ret = !_fstat64(fd, statbuf);
+    } else {
+        ret = !_stat64(filename, statbuf);
+    }
 #elif defined(__MINGW32__) && defined (__MSVCRT__)
-    ret = !_stati64(filename, statbuf);
+    if (fd >= 0) {
+        ret = !_fstati64(fd, statbuf);
+    } else {
+        ret = !_stati64(filename, statbuf);
+    }
 #else
-    ret = !stat(filename, statbuf);
+    if (fd >= 0) {
+        ret = !fstat(fd, statbuf);
+    } else {
+        ret = !stat(filename, statbuf);
+    }
 #endif
     UTIL_TRACE_RET(ret);
     return ret;
 }
 
+int UTIL_stat(const char* filename, stat_t* statbuf)
+{
+    return UTIL_fstat(-1, filename, statbuf);
+}
+
 int UTIL_isRegularFile(const char* infilename)
 {
     stat_t statbuf;
@@ -183,11 +211,16 @@ int UTIL_isRegularFileStat(const stat_t* statbuf)
 
 /* like chmod, but avoid changing permission of /dev/null */
 int UTIL_chmod(char const* filename, const stat_t* statbuf, mode_t permissions)
+{
+    return UTIL_fchmod(-1, filename, statbuf, permissions);
+}
+
+int UTIL_fchmod(const int fd, char const* filename, const stat_t* statbuf, mode_t permissions)
 {
     stat_t localStatBuf;
     UTIL_TRACE_CALL("UTIL_chmod(%s, %#4o)", filename, (unsigned)permissions);
     if (statbuf == NULL) {
-        if (!UTIL_stat(filename, &localStatBuf)) {
+        if (!UTIL_fstat(fd, filename, &localStatBuf)) {
             UTIL_TRACE_RET(0);
             return 0;
         }
@@ -197,9 +230,20 @@ int UTIL_chmod(char const* filename, const stat_t* statbuf, mode_t permissions)
         UTIL_TRACE_RET(0);
         return 0; /* pretend success, but don't change anything */
     }
-    UTIL_TRACE_CALL("chmod");
+#ifdef ZSTD_HAVE_FCHMOD
+    if (fd >= 0) {
+        int ret;
+        UTIL_TRACE_CALL("fchmod");
+        ret = fchmod(fd, permissions);
+        UTIL_TRACE_RET(ret);
+        UTIL_TRACE_RET(ret);
+        return ret;
+    } else
+#endif
     {
-        int const ret = chmod(filename, permissions);
+        int ret;
+        UTIL_TRACE_CALL("chmod");
+        ret = chmod(filename, permissions);
         UTIL_TRACE_RET(ret);
         UTIL_TRACE_RET(ret);
         return ret;
@@ -236,19 +280,21 @@ int UTIL_utime(const char* filename, const stat_t *statbuf)
 }
 
 int UTIL_setFileStat(const char *filename, const stat_t *statbuf)
+{
+    return UTIL_setFDStat(-1, filename, statbuf);
+}
+
+int UTIL_setFDStat(const int fd, const char *filename, const stat_t *statbuf)
 {
     int res = 0;
     stat_t curStatBuf;
-    UTIL_TRACE_CALL("UTIL_setFileStat(%s)", filename);
+    UTIL_TRACE_CALL("UTIL_setFileStat(%d, %s)", fd, filename);
 
-    if (!UTIL_stat(filename, &curStatBuf) || !UTIL_isRegularFileStat(&curStatBuf)) {
+    if (!UTIL_fstat(fd, filename, &curStatBuf) || !UTIL_isRegularFileStat(&curStatBuf)) {
         UTIL_TRACE_RET(-1);
         return -1;
     }
 
-    /* set access and modification times */
-    res += UTIL_utime(filename, statbuf);
-
     /* Mimic gzip's behavior:
      *
      * "Change the group first, then the permissions, then the owner.
@@ -258,13 +304,27 @@ int UTIL_setFileStat(const char *filename, const stat_t *statbuf)
      * setgid bits." */
 
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
-    res += chown(filename, -1, statbuf->st_gid);  /* Apply group ownership */
+#ifdef ZSTD_HAVE_FCHOWN
+    if (fd >= 0) {
+        res += fchown(fd, -1, statbuf->st_gid);  /* Apply group ownership */
+    } else
+#endif
+    {
+        res += chown(filename, -1, statbuf->st_gid);  /* Apply group ownership */
+    }
 #endif
 
-    res += UTIL_chmod(filename, &curStatBuf, statbuf->st_mode & 0777);  /* Copy file permissions */
+    res += UTIL_fchmod(fd, filename, &curStatBuf, statbuf->st_mode & 0777);  /* Copy file permissions */
 
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
-    res += chown(filename, statbuf->st_uid, -1);  /* Apply user ownership */
+#ifdef ZSTD_HAVE_FCHOWN
+    if (fd >= 0) {
+        res += fchown(fd, statbuf->st_uid, -1);  /* Apply user ownership */
+    } else
+#endif
+    {
+        res += chown(filename, statbuf->st_uid, -1);  /* Apply user ownership */
+    }
 #endif
 
     errno = 0;
diff --git a/programs/util.h b/programs/util.h
index 4ec54137dd3..8234646bf3d 100644
--- a/programs/util.h
+++ b/programs/util.h
@@ -126,15 +126,25 @@ int UTIL_requireUserConfirmation(const char* prompt, const char* abortMsg, const
 /**
  * Calls platform's equivalent of stat() on filename and writes info to statbuf.
  * Returns success (1) or failure (0).
+ *
+ * UTIL_fstat() is like UTIL_stat() but takes an optional fd that refers to the
+ * file in question. It turns out that this can be meaningfully faster. If fd is
+ * -1, behaves just like UTIL_stat() (i.e., falls back to using the filename).
  */
 int UTIL_stat(const char* filename, stat_t* statbuf);
+int UTIL_fstat(const int fd, const char* filename, stat_t* statbuf);
 
 /**
  * Instead of getting a file's stats, this updates them with the info in the
  * provided stat_t. Currently sets owner, group, atime, and mtime. Will only
  * update this info for regular files.
+ *
+ * UTIL_setFDStat() also takes an fd, and will preferentially use that to
+ * indicate which file to modify, If fd is -1, it will fall back to using the
+ * filename.
  */
 int UTIL_setFileStat(const char* filename, const stat_t* statbuf);
+int UTIL_setFDStat(const int fd, const char* filename, const stat_t* statbuf);
 
 /**
  * Set atime to now and mtime to the st_mtim in statbuf.
@@ -159,8 +169,11 @@ U64 UTIL_getFileSizeStat(const stat_t* statbuf);
  * Like chmod(), but only modifies regular files. Provided statbuf may be NULL,
  * in which case this function will stat() the file internally, in order to
  * check whether it should be modified.
+ *
+ * If fd is -1, fd is ignored and the filename is used.
  */
 int UTIL_chmod(char const* filename, const stat_t* statbuf, mode_t permissions);
+int UTIL_fchmod(const int fd, char const* filename, const stat_t* statbuf, mode_t permissions);
 
 /*
  * In the absence of a pre-existing stat result on the file in question, these
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.exact b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
index a1ad09ef705..32d248ee50b 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
@@ -3,40 +3,40 @@ Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isConsole(2)
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_getFileSize(file)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
 Trace:FileStat: < 65537
-Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat: < 1
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isDirectoryStat()
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
-Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat: < 1
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isSameFile(file, file.zst)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file.zst)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file.zst)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file.zst)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file.zst)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file.zst)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
 Trace:FileStat: < 1
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_getFileSize(file)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
 Trace:FileStat: < 65537
-Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_setFileStat(file.zst)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file.zst)
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_setFileStat(4, file.zst)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(4, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_utime(file.zst)
-Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_chmod(file.zst, 0642)
-Trace:FileStat:   > chmod
+Trace:FileStat:   > fchmod
 Trace:FileStat:   < 0
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_utime(file.zst)
+Trace:FileStat: < 0
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact
index 7c690d20b84..a25a355723c 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-file-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@ Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isConsole(2)
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_getFileSize(file)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
 Trace:FileStat: < 65537
-Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat: < 1
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isDirectoryStat()
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
-Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat: < 1
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(/*stdout*\)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(/*stdout*\)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, /*stdout*\)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_getFileSize(file)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
 Trace:FileStat: < 65537
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.exact b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
index 00afd97c365..9183c467459 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
@@ -3,22 +3,22 @@ Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isConsole(2)
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_getFileSize(/*stdin*\)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(/*stdin*\)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, /*stdin*\)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < -1
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isSameFile(/*stdin*\, file.zst)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(/*stdin*\)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, /*stdin*\)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file.zst)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file.zst)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file.zst)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file.zst)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
 Trace:FileStat: < 1
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_getFileSize(/*stdin*\)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(/*stdin*\)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, /*stdin*\)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < -1
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-stdin-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-stdin-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact
index 8bf05e641e1..66b630e433c 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-stdin-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/compress-stdin-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isConsole(2)
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_getFileSize(/*stdin*\)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(/*stdin*\)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, /*stdin*\)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < -1
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(/*stdout*\)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(/*stdout*\)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, /*stdout*\)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_getFileSize(/*stdin*\)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(/*stdin*\)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, /*stdin*\)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < -1
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.exact b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
index d264c63e418..ad3a0deb868 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-file-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
@@ -5,34 +5,34 @@ Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isConsole(2)
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isDirectory(file.zst)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file.zst)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
 Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_isDirectoryStat()
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
-Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_stat(file.zst)
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_stat(-1, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat: < 1
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isSameFile(file.zst, file)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file.zst)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
 Trace:FileStat: < 1
-Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_setFileStat(file)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_setFileStat(4, file)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(4, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_utime(file)
-Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_chmod(file, 0642)
-Trace:FileStat:   > chmod
+Trace:FileStat:   > fchmod
 Trace:FileStat:   < 0
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_utime(file)
+Trace:FileStat: < 0
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-file-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-file-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact
index 7fe6dda1503..8b60063c5fc 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-file-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-file-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isConsole(2)
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isDirectory(file.zst)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file.zst)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
 Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_isDirectoryStat()
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
-Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_stat(file.zst)
+Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_stat(-1, file.zst)
 Trace:FileStat: < 1
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(/*stdout*\)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(/*stdout*\)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, /*stdout*\)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.exact b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
index 749fd395a58..716a7ac7b34 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-stdin-to-file.sh.stderr.exact
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isConsole(2)
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isDirectory(/*stdin*\)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(/*stdin*\)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, /*stdin*\)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isSameFile(/*stdin*\, file)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(/*stdin*\)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, /*stdin*\)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(file)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(file)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, file)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 1
 Trace:FileStat: < 1
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-stdin-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-stdin-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact
index e36cb9d05f8..2f6412059fc 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-stdin-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/file-stat/decompress-stdin-to-stdout.sh.stderr.exact
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isConsole(2)
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isDirectory(/*stdin*\)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(/*stdin*\)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, /*stdin*\)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0
 Trace:FileStat: > UTIL_isRegularFile(/*stdout*\)
-Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(/*stdout*\)
+Trace:FileStat:  > UTIL_stat(-1, /*stdout*\)
 Trace:FileStat:  < 0
 Trace:FileStat: < 0