diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
index fa1477f6f1575e2a4c71800afe5bab9fbde372c7..80b3964a59fbbcf990eced578cf5febed02c18ea 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
@@ -1078,13 +1078,11 @@ static int local_fsync(FsContext *ctx, int fid_type,
 
 static int local_statfs(FsContext *s, V9fsPath *fs_path, struct statfs *stbuf)
 {
-    char *buffer;
-    int ret;
-    char *path = fs_path->data;
+    int fd, ret;
 
-    buffer = rpath(s, path);
-    ret = statfs(buffer, stbuf);
-    g_free(buffer);
+    fd = local_open_nofollow(s, fs_path->data, O_RDONLY, 0);
+    ret = fstatfs(fd, stbuf);
+    close_preserve_errno(fd);
     return ret;
 }