diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2480a9d30..20cfe740a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-09-24  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* util/getroot.c (grub_util_biosdisk_is_present): Don't do stat on
+	platforms on which it doesn't work.
+
 2013-09-24  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c (grub_util_biosdisk_open): Move struct
diff --git a/util/getroot.c b/util/getroot.c
index 65dee750b..a165fdc0b 100644
--- a/util/getroot.c
+++ b/util/getroot.c
@@ -462,12 +462,16 @@ grub_util_biosdisk_get_grub_dev (const char *os_dev)
 int
 grub_util_biosdisk_is_present (const char *os_dev)
 {
+#if !defined (__MINGW32__) && !defined (__CYGWIN__) && !defined (__AROS__)
   struct stat st;
 
   if (stat (os_dev, &st) < 0)
     return 0;
 
   int ret= (find_system_device (os_dev, &st, 1, 0) != NULL);
+#else
+  int ret= (find_system_device (os_dev, NULL, 1, 0) != NULL);
+#endif
   grub_util_info ((ret ? "%s is present" : "%s is not present"), 
 		  os_dev);
   return ret;