diff --git a/src/file/filtereddiriterator.h b/src/file/filtereddiriterator.h
--- a/src/file/filtereddiriterator.h
+++ b/src/file/filtereddiriterator.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #define FILTEREDDIRITERATOR_H
 
 #include <QDirIterator>
+#include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QStack>
 
 namespace Baloo {
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
 
     QString next();
     QString filePath() const;
+    QFileInfo fileInfo() const;
 
 private:
     /**
diff --git a/src/file/filtereddiriterator.cpp b/src/file/filtereddiriterator.cpp
--- a/src/file/filtereddiriterator.cpp
+++ b/src/file/filtereddiriterator.cpp
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@
     return m_filePath;
 }
 
+QFileInfo FilteredDirIterator::fileInfo() const
+{
+    return m_currentIter ?  m_currentIter->fileInfo() : QFileInfo();
+}
+
 bool FilteredDirIterator::shouldIndexFolder(const QString& path) const
 {
     if (!m_config) {
diff --git a/src/file/unindexedfileiterator.cpp b/src/file/unindexedfileiterator.cpp
--- a/src/file/unindexedfileiterator.cpp
+++ b/src/file/unindexedfileiterator.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     if (!shouldIndexType)
         return false;
 
-    QFileInfo fileInfo(filePath);
+    const QFileInfo fileInfo = m_iter.fileInfo();
     if (!fileInfo.exists())
         return false;