diff --git a/cmds/core/du/du.go b/cmds/core/du/du.go
index 68ef1c623c..9dd3b00076 100644
--- a/cmds/core/du/du.go
+++ b/cmds/core/du/du.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 )
 
+var errNoStatInfo = errors.New("os.FileInfo has no stat_t info")
+
 func run(stdout io.Writer, files ...string) error {
 	if len(files) == 0 {
 		files = append(files, ".")
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ func du(file string) (int64, error) {
 
 		st, ok := info.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
 		if !ok {
-			return fmt.Errorf("can not stat: %v", path)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%v: %w", path, errNoStatInfo)
 		}
 
 		blocks += st.Blocks