diff --git a/src/funcs.c b/src/funcs.c
index 5179192..6730b47 100644
--- a/src/funcs.c
+++ b/src/funcs.c
@@ -2841,7 +2841,7 @@ test_eval(Test_env *te, Test_op op, const char *opnd1, const char *opnd2,
 	case TO_FILAXST:
 	/* -e */
 	case TO_FILEXST:
-		return (test_stat(opnd1, &b1) == 0);
+		return (test_access(opnd1, F_OK) == 0);
 
 	/* -f */
 	case TO_FILREG: