diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ec4e1d67f..fe5ad4021 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-09-24  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* include/grub/emu/hostdisk.h (GRUB_FD_STAT_IS_FUNTIONAL): New define.
+	Migrate all explicit defines to this new one.
+
 2013-09-24  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c (grub_util_biosdisk_open): Use
diff --git a/grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c b/grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c
index c1bd25619..a29eb5f3a 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c
+++ b/grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ grub_util_biosdisk_open (const char *name, grub_disk_t disk)
 						 &disk->log_sector_size);
     disk->total_sectors >>= disk->log_sector_size;
 
-#if !defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined (__AROS__)
+#if GRUB_UTIL_FD_STAT_IS_FUNCTIONAL
     {
       struct stat st;
 # if GRUB_DISK_DEVS_ARE_CHAR
diff --git a/include/grub/emu/hostdisk.h b/include/grub/emu/hostdisk.h
index ab438667a..4d6b63421 100644
--- a/include/grub/emu/hostdisk.h
+++ b/include/grub/emu/hostdisk.h
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@
 typedef HANDLE grub_util_fd_t;
 #define GRUB_UTIL_FD_INVALID INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE
 #define GRUB_UTIL_FD_IS_VALID(x) ((x) != GRUB_UTIL_FD_INVALID)
+#define GRUB_UTIL_FD_STAT_IS_FUNCTIONAL 0
 #else
 typedef int grub_util_fd_t;
 #define GRUB_UTIL_FD_INVALID -1
 #define GRUB_UTIL_FD_IS_VALID(x) ((x) >= 0)
+#define GRUB_UTIL_FD_STAT_IS_FUNCTIONAL 1
 #endif
 
 grub_util_fd_t
diff --git a/util/getroot.c b/util/getroot.c
index a165fdc0b..9e852a681 100644
--- a/util/getroot.c
+++ b/util/getroot.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ grub_util_get_os_disk (const char *os_dev)
 
   grub_util_info ("Looking for %s", os_dev);
 
-#if !defined (__MINGW32__) && !defined (__CYGWIN__)
+#if GRUB_UTIL_FD_STAT_IS_FUNCTIONAL
   struct stat st;
 
   if (stat (os_dev, &st) < 0)
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ find_partition (grub_disk_t dsk __attribute__ ((unused)),
 char *
 grub_util_biosdisk_get_grub_dev (const char *os_dev)
 {
-#if !defined (__MINGW32__) && !defined (__CYGWIN__)
+#if GRUB_UTIL_FD_STAT_IS_FUNCTIONAL
   struct stat st;
 #endif
   const char *drive;
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ grub_util_biosdisk_get_grub_dev (const char *os_dev)
 
   grub_util_info ("Looking for %s", os_dev);
 
-#if !defined (__MINGW32__) && !defined (__CYGWIN__)
+#if GRUB_UTIL_FD_STAT_IS_FUNCTIONAL
   if (stat (os_dev, &st) < 0)
     {
       const char *errstr = strerror (errno); 
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ grub_util_biosdisk_get_grub_dev (const char *os_dev)
 	    grub_errno = GRUB_ERR_NONE;
 
 	    canon = canonicalize_file_name (os_dev);
-#if !defined (__MINGW32__) && !defined (__CYGWIN__)
+#if GRUB_UTIL_FD_STAT_IS_FUNCTIONAL
 	    drive = find_system_device (canon ? : os_dev, &st, 0, 1);
 #else
 	    drive = find_system_device (canon ? : os_dev, NULL, 0, 1);
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ grub_util_biosdisk_get_grub_dev (const char *os_dev)
 int
 grub_util_biosdisk_is_present (const char *os_dev)
 {
-#if !defined (__MINGW32__) && !defined (__CYGWIN__) && !defined (__AROS__)
+#if GRUB_UTIL_FD_STAT_IS_FUNCTIONAL
   struct stat st;
 
   if (stat (os_dev, &st) < 0)