diff --git a/file/file.go b/file/file.go
index 2853868..cdaad26 100644
--- a/file/file.go
+++ b/file/file.go
@@ -13,5 +13,13 @@ type FileInfo struct {
 
 // GetInfo extracts some non-standardized items from the result of a Stat call.
 func GetInfo(fi os.FileInfo) *FileInfo {
-	return getInfo(fi)
+	sys := fi.Sys()
+	switch v := sys.(type) {
+	case FileInfo:
+		return &v
+	case *FileInfo:
+		return v
+	default:
+		return getOSFileInfo(fi)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/file/file_unix.go b/file/file_unix.go
index 6658c20..148c23f 100644
--- a/file/file_unix.go
+++ b/file/file_unix.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
-func getInfo(info os.FileInfo) *FileInfo {
+func getOSFileInfo(info os.FileInfo) *FileInfo {
 	fi := &FileInfo{}
 	if s, ok := info.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t); ok {
 		fi.Nlink = uint32(s.Nlink)
diff --git a/file/file_windows.go b/file/file_windows.go
index ef173d5..093cf25 100644
--- a/file/file_windows.go
+++ b/file/file_windows.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package file
 
 import "os"
 
-func getInfo(info os.FileInfo) *FileInfo {
+func getOSFileInfo(info os.FileInfo) *FileInfo {
 	// https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/sys/windows#GetFileInformationByHandle
 	// can be potentially used to populate Nlink