diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 60081fb6..d10b4ba0 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
                 fspath = fsroot + "/" + fn
 
             try:
-                inf = stats[fn]
+                inf = stats.get(fn, os.stat(fsenc(fspath)))
             except:
                 self.log("broken symlink: {}".format(repr(fspath)))
                 continue