diff --git a/include/lighttpd/request.h b/include/lighttpd/request.h
index ce27780..ddaceab 100644
--- a/include/lighttpd/request.h
+++ b/include/lighttpd/request.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ struct physical {
 	GString *pathinfo;
 
 	gboolean have_stat;
+	gboolean have_errno;
+	guint stat_errno;
 	struct stat stat; /* contains valid data only if have_stat is true */
 };
 
diff --git a/src/condition.c b/src/condition.c
index 78a423d..eef605a 100644
--- a/src/condition.c
+++ b/src/condition.c
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ static handler_t condition_check_eval_bool(vrequest *vr, condition *cond, gboole
 	if (cond->lvalue->type == COMP_PHYSICAL_ISDIR ||
 		cond->lvalue->type == COMP_PHYSICAL_ISFILE) {
 		if (!vr->physical.have_stat) {
-			if (!vrequest_stat(vr)) {
-				switch (errno) {
+			if (vr->physical.have_errno || !vrequest_stat(vr)) {
+				switch (vr->physical.stat_errno) {
 				case EACCES: vr->response.http_status = 403; break;
 				case EBADF: vr->response.http_status = 500; break;
 				case EFAULT: vr->response.http_status = 500; break;
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ static handler_t condition_check_eval_int(vrequest *vr, condition *cond, gboolea
 		val = vr->request.content_length;
 	case COMP_PHYSICAL_SIZE:
 		if (!vr->physical.have_stat) {
-			if (!vrequest_stat(vr)) {
-				switch (errno) {
+			if (vr->physical.have_errno || !vrequest_stat(vr)) {
+				switch (vr->physical.stat_errno) {
 				case EACCES: vr->response.http_status = 403; break;
 				case EBADF: vr->response.http_status = 500; break;
 				case EFAULT: vr->response.http_status = 500; break;
diff --git a/src/plugin_core.c b/src/plugin_core.c
index 96a7b8b..26085d0 100644
--- a/src/plugin_core.c
+++ b/src/plugin_core.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ static handler_t core_handle_docroot(vrequest *vr, gpointer param, gpointer *con
 	g_string_append_len(vr->physical.doc_root, GSTR_LEN((GString*) param));
 	/* reset stat info because path has changed */
 	vr->physical.have_stat = FALSE;
+	vr->physical.have_errno = FALSE;
 
 	/* build physical path: docroot + uri.path */
 	g_string_truncate(vr->physical.path, 0);
diff --git a/src/request.c b/src/request.c
index a58a49d..8eae282 100644
--- a/src/request.c
+++ b/src/request.c
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ void physical_init(physical *phys) {
 	phys->rel_path = g_string_sized_new(256);
 	phys->pathinfo = g_string_sized_new(256);
 	phys->have_stat = FALSE;
+	phys->have_errno = FALSE;
 }
 
 void physical_reset(physical *phys) {
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ void physical_reset(physical *phys) {
 	g_string_truncate(phys->rel_path, 0);
 	g_string_truncate(phys->pathinfo, 0);
 	phys->have_stat = FALSE;
+	phys->have_errno = FALSE;
 }
 
 void physical_clear(physical *phys) {
@@ -261,4 +263,5 @@ void physical_clear(physical *phys) {
 	g_string_free(phys->rel_path, TRUE);
 	g_string_free(phys->pathinfo, TRUE);
 	phys->have_stat = FALSE;
+	phys->have_errno = FALSE;
 }
diff --git a/src/virtualrequest.c b/src/virtualrequest.c
index f72190c..dbd1cd8 100644
--- a/src/virtualrequest.c
+++ b/src/virtualrequest.c
@@ -353,7 +353,10 @@ void vrequest_joblist_append(vrequest *vr) {
 
 gboolean vrequest_stat(vrequest *vr) {
 	if (-1 == stat(vr->physical.path->str, &vr->physical.stat)) {
-		VR_DEBUG(vr, "stat(%s) failed: %s (%d)", vr->physical.path->str, g_strerror(errno), errno);
+		vr->physical.have_stat = FALSE;
+		vr->physical.have_errno = TRUE;
+		vr->physical.stat_errno = errno;
+		VR_DEBUG(vr, "stat(%s) failed: %s (%d)", vr->physical.path->str, g_strerror(vr->physical.stat_errno), vr->physical.stat_errno);
 		return FALSE;
 	}