diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b29964a3b..2a51cd796 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-10-13  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* util/misc.c (grub_util_get_image_size): Use FILE functions rather than
+	stat.
+
 2013-10-13  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* util/grub-editenv.c: Remove leftover set_program_name and init_nls.
diff --git a/util/misc.c b/util/misc.c
index e6bba751b..1f7784ba9 100644
--- a/util/misc.c
+++ b/util/misc.c
@@ -79,14 +79,21 @@ grub_util_get_path (const char *dir, const char *file)
 size_t
 grub_util_get_image_size (const char *path)
 {
-  struct stat st;
+  FILE *f;
+  size_t ret;
 
-  grub_util_info ("getting the size of %s", path);
+  f = grub_util_fopen (path, "rb");
 
-  if (stat (path, &st) == -1)
-    grub_util_error (_("cannot stat `%s': %s"), path, strerror (errno));
+  if (!f)
+    grub_util_error (_("cannot open `%s': %s"), path, strerror (errno));
 
-  return st.st_size;
+  fseeko (f, 0, SEEK_END);
+  
+  ret = ftello (f);
+
+  fclose (f);
+
+  return ret;
 }
 
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