diff --git a/generators/compact.c b/generators/compact.c
index 6b29277c9316f7700376b12b91a5981a5fdd8049..a087da2b1974f5633084675cdd73e78c6d74ca2f 100644
--- a/generators/compact.c
+++ b/generators/compact.c
@@ -416,8 +416,10 @@ int generator(int dirfd, int pos, struct list_head *head_in,
 			case FTS_F:
 				include_file = 0;
 				statp = ftsent->fts_statp;
-				if (path_list_ext)
+				if (path_list_ext) {
+					st.st_size = statp->st_size;
 					statp = &st;
+				}
 
 				if (include_path && only_executables) {
 					list_for_each_entry(cur_i, head_in,
diff --git a/generators/unknown.c b/generators/unknown.c
index d98b520af3020e69122bce7cbe2f05c5b9ff9726..aed7c4878ee12fc91a0e08b8930b99cb75364e1c 100644
--- a/generators/unknown.c
+++ b/generators/unknown.c
@@ -419,8 +419,10 @@ int generator(int dirfd, int pos, struct list_head *head_in,
 			case FTS_F:
 				include_file = 0;
 				statp = ftsent->fts_statp;
-				if (path_list_ext)
+				if (path_list_ext) {
+					st.st_size = statp->st_size;
 					statp = &st;
+				}
 
 				if (include_path && only_executables) {
 					list_for_each_entry(cur_i, head_in,