diff --git a/src/csync/vio/csync_vio_local_unix.cpp b/src/csync/vio/csync_vio_local_unix.cpp
index 1f41f42f19ab3..b0e5957bb2ef7 100644
--- a/src/csync/vio/csync_vio_local_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/csync/vio/csync_vio_local_unix.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<csync_file_stat_t> csync_vio_local_readdir(csync_vio_handle_t *h
   if (vfs) {
       // Directly modifies file_stat->type.
       // We can ignore the return value since we're done here anyway.
-      vfs->statTypeVirtualFile(file_stat.get(), nullptr);
+      vfs->statTypeVirtualFile(file_stat.get(), &handle->path);
   }
 
   return file_stat;