diff --git a/src/dmdevfs.c b/src/dmdevfs.c
index 6c2e9a5..688ba71 100644
--- a/src/dmdevfs.c
+++ b/src/dmdevfs.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ dmod_dmfsi_dif_api_declaration( 1.0, dmdevfs, int, _readdir, (dmfsi_context_t ct
         // Extract basename from the full path for the directory entry
         read_base_name(driver->path, entry->name, sizeof(entry->name));
         
-        dmdrvi_stat_t stat;
+        dmdrvi_stat_t stat = {0};
         int res = driver_stat(driver, driver->path, &stat);
         if (res != 0)
         {
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ dmod_dmfsi_dif_api_declaration( 1.0, dmdevfs, int, _readdir, (dmfsi_context_t ct
         }
 
         entry->size = stat.size;
-        entry->attr = stat.mode;
+        entry->attr = stat.mode & ~DMFSI_ATTR_DIRECTORY;
     }
     else 
     {