diff --git a/lib/libalpm/dload.c b/lib/libalpm/dload.c
index cb6d000c..c856e96c 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/dload.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/dload.c
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ static int download_internal(const char *url, const char *localpath,
 	destfile = get_destfile(localpath, filename);
 	tempfile = get_tempfile(localpath, filename);
 
-	if(stat(tempfile, &st) == 0 && st.st_size > 0) {
+	if(stat(tempfile, &st) == 0 && S_ISREG(st.st_mode) && st.st_size > 0) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "tempfile found, attempting continuation\n");
 		local_time = fileurl->last_modified = st.st_mtime;
 		local_size = fileurl->offset = (off_t)st.st_size;
 		dl_thisfile = st.st_size;
 		localf = fopen(tempfile, "ab");
-	} else if(!force && stat(destfile, &st) == 0 && st.st_size > 0) {
+	} else if(!force && stat(destfile, &st) == 0 && S_ISREG(st.st_mode) && st.st_size > 0) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "destfile found, using mtime only\n");
 		local_time = fileurl->last_modified = st.st_mtime;
 		local_size = /* no fu->off here */ (off_t)st.st_size;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 82387b2f..a80a7327 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -608,12 +608,13 @@ char *_alpm_filecache_find(const char* filename)
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
 	char *retpath;
 	alpm_list_t *i;
+	struct stat buf;
 
 	/* Loop through the cache dirs until we find a matching file */
 	for(i = alpm_option_get_cachedirs(); i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
 		snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", (char*)alpm_list_getdata(i),
 				filename);
-		if(access(path, R_OK) == 0) {
+		if(stat(path, &buf) == 0 && S_ISREG(buf.st_mode)) {
 			retpath = strdup(path);
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "found cached pkg: %s\n", retpath);
 			return(retpath);