diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
index 889cafa3842c8c..5a5ac3bfa263b0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function getDirents(path, [names, types], callback) {
         const name = names[i];
         const idx = i;
         toFinish++;
-        lazyLoadFs().stat(pathModule.resolve(path, name), (err, stats) => {
+        lazyLoadFs().lstat(pathModule.join(path, name), (err, stats) => {
           if (err) {
             callback(err);
             return;
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function getDirents(path, [names, types], callback) {
       const type = types[i];
       if (type === UV_DIRENT_UNKNOWN) {
         const name = names[i];
-        const stats = lazyLoadFs().statSync(pathModule.resolve(path, name));
+        const stats = lazyLoadFs().lstatSync(pathModule.join(path, name));
         names[i] = new DirentFromStats(name, stats);
       } else {
         names[i] = new Dirent(names[i], types[i]);