diff --git a/src/engine/idutils.h b/src/engine/idutils.h
--- a/src/engine/idutils.h
+++ b/src/engine/idutils.h
@@ -47,30 +47,40 @@
  */
 inline quint64 statBufToId(const QT_STATBUF& stBuf)
 {
-    // We're loosing 32 bits of info, so this could potentially break
+    // We're losing 32 bits of info, so this could potentially break
     // on file systems with really large inode and device ids
     return devIdAndInodeToId(static_cast<quint32>(stBuf.st_dev),
                              static_cast<quint32>(stBuf.st_ino));
 }
 
-inline quint64 filePathToId(const QByteArray& filePath)
+inline int filePathToStat(const QByteArray& filePath, QT_STATBUF& statBuf)
 {
-    QT_STATBUF statBuf;
 #ifndef Q_OS_WIN
-    if (QT_LSTAT(filePath.constData(), &statBuf) != 0) {
-        return 0;
-    }
+    return QT_LSTAT(filePath.constData(), &statBuf);
 #else
-    if (QT_STAT(filePath.constData(), &statBuf) != 0) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-    if (QFileInfo(filePath).isSymLink()) {
-        if (QT_STAT(QFileInfo(filePath).symLinkTarget().toUtf8().constData(), &statBuf) != 0) {
-            return 0;
-        }
+    const int ret = QT_STAT(filePath.constData(), &statBuf)
+    if (ret == 0 && QFileInfo(filePath).isSymLink()) {
+        return QT_STAT(QFileInfo(filePath).symLinkTarget().toUtf8().constData(), &statBuf)
+    } else {
+        return ret;
     }
 #endif
-    return statBufToId(statBuf);
+}
+
+inline QT_STATBUF filePathToStat(const QByteArray& filePath)
+{
+    QT_STATBUF statBuf;
+    const int ret = filePathToStat(filePath, statBuf);
+    //TODO: if (ret != 0) qDebug() ?
+    Q_UNUSED(ret)
+    return statBuf;
+}
+
+inline quint64 filePathToId(const QByteArray& filePath)
+{
+    QT_STATBUF statBuf;
+    const int ret = filePathToStat(filePath, statBuf);
+    return ret ? 0 : statBufToId(statBuf);
 }
 
 inline quint32 idToInode(quint64 id)
diff --git a/src/file/basicindexingjob.cpp b/src/file/basicindexingjob.cpp
--- a/src/file/basicindexingjob.cpp
+++ b/src/file/basicindexingjob.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     const QByteArray url = QFile::encodeName(m_filePath);
 
     QT_STATBUF statBuf;
-    if (QT_LSTAT(url.data(), &statBuf) != 0) {
+    if (filePathToStat(url, statBuf) != 0) {
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/file/fileinfo.cpp b/src/file/fileinfo.cpp
--- a/src/file/fileinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/file/fileinfo.cpp
@@ -19,17 +19,18 @@
  */
 
 #include "fileinfo.h"
+#include "idutils.h"
 
 using namespace Baloo;
 
 FileInfo::FileInfo(const QByteArray& filePath)
     : m_filePath(filePath)
     , m_exists(true)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(!filePath.endsWith('/'));
-    if (QT_LSTAT(filePath.data(), &m_statBuf) != 0) {
+    if (filePathToStat(filePath, m_statBuf) != 0) {
         m_exists = false;
-        memset(&m_statBuf, 0, sizeof(QT_STATBUF));
+        memset(&m_statBuf, 0, sizeof(m_statBuf));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/kioslaves/search/kio_search.cpp b/src/kioslaves/search/kio_search.cpp
--- a/src/kioslaves/search/kio_search.cpp
+++ b/src/kioslaves/search/kio_search.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "query.h"
 #include "resultiterator.h"
+#include "idutils.h"
 
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QUrlQuery>
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@
 
         // Code from kdelibs/kioslaves/file.cpp
         QT_STATBUF statBuf;
-        if (QT_LSTAT(QFile::encodeName(filePath).data(), &statBuf) == 0) {
+        const QByteArray ba = QFile::encodeName(filePath);
+        if (filePathToStat(ba, statBuf) == 0) {
             uds.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_MODIFICATION_TIME, statBuf.st_mtime);
             uds.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_ACCESS_TIME, statBuf.st_atime);
             uds.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_SIZE, statBuf.st_size);
diff --git a/src/kioslaves/timeline/kio_timeline.cpp b/src/kioslaves/timeline/kio_timeline.cpp
--- a/src/kioslaves/timeline/kio_timeline.cpp
+++ b/src/kioslaves/timeline/kio_timeline.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "timelinetools.h"
 #include "query.h"
 #include "resultiterator.h"
+#include "idutils.h"
 
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QDate>
@@ -79,7 +80,8 @@
     KIO::UDSEntry uds;
     // Code from kdelibs/kioslaves/file.cpp
     QT_STATBUF statBuf;
-    if( QT_LSTAT(QFile::encodeName(filePath).data(), &statBuf) == 0) {
+    const QByteArray url = QFile::encodeName(filePath);
+    if (filePathToStat(url, statBuf) == 0) {
         uds.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_MODIFICATION_TIME, statBuf.st_mtime);
         uds.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_ACCESS_TIME, statBuf.st_atime);
         uds.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_SIZE, statBuf.st_size);