diff --git a/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs.cpp b/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs.cpp
index ab43eaafc7..69e84c8e77 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs.cpp
@@ -4403,6 +4403,7 @@ vfs_stat_vnode(struct vnode *vnode, struct stat *stat)
 	if (status == B_OK) {
 		stat->st_dev = vnode->device;
 		stat->st_ino = vnode->id;
+		stat->st_rdev = -1;
 	}
 
 	return status;
@@ -4418,6 +4419,14 @@ vfs_stat_node_ref(dev_t device, ino_t inode, struct stat *stat)
 		return status;
 
 	status = FS_CALL(vnode, read_stat, stat);
+
+	// fill in the st_dev and st_ino fields
+	if (status == B_OK) {
+		stat->st_dev = vnode->device;
+		stat->st_ino = vnode->id;
+		stat->st_rdev = -1;
+	}
+
 	put_vnode(vnode);
 	return status;
 }
@@ -5973,6 +5982,7 @@ common_read_stat(struct file_descriptor *descriptor, struct stat *stat)
 	if (status == B_OK) {
 		stat->st_dev = vnode->device;
 		stat->st_ino = vnode->id;
+		stat->st_rdev = -1;
 	}
 
 	return status;
@@ -6011,6 +6021,7 @@ common_path_read_stat(int fd, char *path, bool traverseLeafLink,
 	if (status == B_OK) {
 		stat->st_dev = vnode->device;
 		stat->st_ino = vnode->id;
+		stat->st_rdev = -1;
 	}
 
 	put_vnode(vnode);