diff --git a/sickbeard/helpers.py b/sickbeard/helpers.py
index 67d9324db0b182ac5a2ad3a65de292d6d8638b23..62d5046b1c34bd5106c5c2ae1f4b99cf2e8bd14f 100644
--- a/sickbeard/helpers.py
+++ b/sickbeard/helpers.py
@@ -443,7 +443,9 @@ def chmodAsParent(childPath):
         return
     
     parentMode = stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(parentPath)[stat.ST_MODE])
-    childPath_mode = stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(childPath)[stat.ST_MODE])
+    
+    childPathStat = ek.ek(os.stat, childPath)
+    childPath_mode = stat.S_IMODE(childPathStat[stat.ST_MODE])
 
     if ek.ek(os.path.isfile, childPath):
         childMode = fileBitFilter(parentMode)
@@ -453,7 +455,7 @@ def chmodAsParent(childPath):
     if childPath_mode == childMode:
         return
 
-    childPath_owner = os.stat(childPath).st_uid
+    childPath_owner = childPathStat.st_uid
     user_id = os.geteuid()
 
     if user_id !=0 and user_id != childPath_owner:
@@ -483,12 +485,13 @@ def fixSetGroupID(childPath):
 
     if parentMode & stat.S_ISGID:
         parentGID = parentStat[stat.ST_GID]
-        childGID = os.stat(childPath)[stat.ST_GID]
+        childStat = ek.ek(os.stat, childPath)
+        childGID = childStat[stat.ST_GID]
 
         if childGID == parentGID:
             return
 
-        childPath_owner = os.stat(childPath).st_uid
+        childPath_owner = childStat.st_uid
         user_id = os.geteuid()
 
         if user_id !=0 and user_id != childPath_owner: