diff --git a/System/Posix/Files.hsc b/System/Posix/Files.hsc
index 49c9bc1955a14b41d009132b060ef3733a712966..a54443a34f33baee26e7d199b290e5cfc066004b 100644
--- a/System/Posix/Files.hsc
+++ b/System/Posix/Files.hsc
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ import Foreign.C
 
 import System.Posix.Types
 import System.Posix.Files.Common
+import System.Posix.Error
 import System.Posix.Internals
 
 import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ getFileStatus path = do
   fp <- mallocForeignPtrBytes (#const sizeof(struct stat))
   withForeignPtr fp $ \p ->
     withFilePath path $ \s ->
-      throwErrnoPathIfMinus1_ "getFileStatus" path (c_stat s p)
+      throwErrnoPathIfMinus1Retry_ "getFileStatus" path (c_stat s p)
   return (FileStatus fp)
 
 -- | Acts as 'getFileStatus' except when the 'FilePath' refers to a symbolic
diff --git a/System/Posix/Files/ByteString.hsc b/System/Posix/Files/ByteString.hsc
index b25a823c4b8e013a404b48138c23af84cb40f2e6..4f8a05f59619391e06d7ad50470941415d84f90a 100644
--- a/System/Posix/Files/ByteString.hsc
+++ b/System/Posix/Files/ByteString.hsc
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ getFileStatus path = do
   fp <- mallocForeignPtrBytes (#const sizeof(struct stat)) 
   withForeignPtr fp $ \p ->
     withFilePath path $ \s -> 
-      throwErrnoPathIfMinus1_ "getFileStatus" path (c_stat s p)
+      throwErrnoPathIfMinus1Retry_ "getFileStatus" path (c_stat s p)
   return (FileStatus fp)
 
 -- | Acts as 'getFileStatus' except when the 'RawFilePath' refers to a symbolic