diff --git a/udev_device.c b/udev_device.c
index 84f8c07..c0895ce 100644
--- a/udev_device.c
+++ b/udev_device.c
@@ -267,16 +267,17 @@ const char *udev_device_get_sysattr_value(struct udev_device *udev_device, const
 
     snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", udev_device_get_syspath(udev_device), sysattr);
 
-    if (lstat(path, &st) != 0 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
     file = fopen(path, "r");
 
     if (!file) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    if (fstat(fileno(file), &st) != 0 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
+        fclose(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     // TODO dynamic allocation of data
     len = fread(data, 1, sizeof(data) - 1, file);
 
@@ -309,16 +310,17 @@ int udev_device_set_sysattr_value(struct udev_device *udev_device, const char *s
 
     snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", udev_device_get_syspath(udev_device), sysattr);
 
-    if (lstat(path, &st) != 0 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     file = fopen(path, "w");
 
     if (!file) {
         return -1;
     }
 
+    if (fstat(fileno(file), &st) != 0 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
+        fclose(file);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     len = strlen(value);
 
     if (fwrite(value, 1, len, file) != len) {