diff --git a/tests/suites/test_suite_pkcs7.function b/tests/suites/test_suite_pkcs7.function
index 4c8bf233ef..52112a083d 100644
--- a/tests/suites/test_suite_pkcs7.function
+++ b/tests/suites/test_suite_pkcs7.function
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ void pkcs7_verify(char *pkcs7_file,
         TEST_EQUAL(res, 0);
     }
 
-    res = stat(filetobesigned, &st);
-    TEST_EQUAL(res, 0);
-
     file = fopen(filetobesigned, "rb");
     TEST_ASSERT(file != NULL);
 
+    res = fstat(fileno(file), &st);
+    TEST_EQUAL(res, 0);
+
     datalen = st.st_size;
     /* Special-case for zero-length input so that data will be non-NULL */
     TEST_CALLOC(data, datalen == 0 ? 1 : datalen);