diff --git a/src/udev/udevadm-info.c b/src/udev/udevadm-info.c
index 740434bb41..cb5e74a1b6 100644
--- a/src/udev/udevadm-info.c
+++ b/src/udev/udevadm-info.c
@@ -232,12 +232,14 @@ static void cleanup_dir(DIR *dir, mode_t mask, int depth) {
         if (depth <= 0)
                 return;
 
+        assert(dir);
+
         FOREACH_DIRENT_ALL(dent, dir, break) {
                 struct stat stats;
 
-                if (dent->d_name[0] == '.')
+                if (dot_or_dot_dot(dent->d_name))
                         continue;
-                if (fstatat(dirfd(dir), dent->d_name, &stats, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) != 0)
+                if (fstatat(dirfd(dir), dent->d_name, &stats, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) < 0)
                         continue;
                 if ((stats.st_mode & mask) != 0)
                         continue;