diff --git a/mfer/manifest.go b/mfer/manifest.go
index e1eda63..21730ab 100644
--- a/mfer/manifest.go
+++ b/mfer/manifest.go
@@ -156,22 +156,25 @@ func (m *manifest) addFile(p string, fi fs.FileInfo, sfsIndex int) error {
 	if !m.scanOptions.IncludeDotfiles && pathIsHidden(p) {
 		return nil
 	}
-	if fi != nil && fi.IsDir() {
+	if fi == nil {
+		// fi should come from Walk; if nil, stat to get info
+		var err error
+		fi, err = m.sourceFS[sfsIndex].Stat(p)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if fi.IsDir() {
 		// manifests contain only files, directories are implied.
 		return nil
 	}
-	// FIXME test if 'fi' is already result of stat
-	fileinfo, staterr := m.sourceFS[sfsIndex].Stat(p)
-	if staterr != nil {
-		return staterr
-	}
 	cleanPath := p
 	if cleanPath[0:1] == "/" {
 		cleanPath = cleanPath[1:]
 	}
 	nf := &manifestFile{
 		path: cleanPath,
-		info: fileinfo,
+		info: fi,
 	}
 	m.files = append(m.files, nf)
 	m.totalFileSize = m.totalFileSize + fi.Size()