diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h b/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h
index dc83fb0..bf61b37 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h
@@ -584,6 +584,12 @@ typedef struct ext2_icount *ext2_icount_t;
 #define EXT2FS_NUM_B2C(fs, blks)	(((blks) + EXT2FS_CLUSTER_MASK(fs)) >> \
 					 (fs)->cluster_ratio_bits)
 
+#ifdef HAVE_OPEN64
+typedef struct stat64 ext2fs_struct_stat;
+#else
+typedef struct stat ext2fs_struct_stat;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * function prototypes
  */
@@ -1388,6 +1394,8 @@ extern blk_t ext2fs_inode_data_blocks(ext2_filsys fs,
 				      struct ext2_inode *inode);
 extern unsigned int ext2fs_div_ceil(unsigned int a, unsigned int b);
 extern __u64 ext2fs_div64_ceil(__u64 a, __u64 b);
+extern int ext2fs_open_file(const char *pathname, int flags, ...);
+extern int ext2fs_stat(const char *path, ext2fs_struct_stat *buf);
 
 /*
  * The actual inlined functions definitions themselves...
@@ -1638,6 +1646,36 @@ _INLINE_ __u64 ext2fs_div64_ceil(__u64 a, __u64 b)
 	return ((a - 1) / b) + 1;
 }
 
+_INLINE_ int ext2fs_open_file(const char *pathname, int flags, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	mode_t mode;
+
+	va_start(args, flags);
+	mode = va_arg(args, mode_t);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	if (mode)
+#ifdef HAVE_OPEN64
+		return open64(pathname, flags, mode);
+	else
+		return open64(pathname, flags);
+#else
+		return open(pathname, flags, mode);
+	else
+		return open(pathname, flags);
+#endif
+}
+
+_INLINE_ int ext2fs_stat(const char *path, ext2fs_struct_stat *buf)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_OPEN64
+	return stat64(path, buf);
+#else
+	return open(path, buf);
+#endif
+}
+
 #undef _INLINE_
 #endif
 
diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/getsectsize.c b/lib/ext2fs/getsectsize.c
index 64f42a6..f129be1 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/getsectsize.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/getsectsize.c
@@ -45,11 +45,7 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_get_device_sectsize(const char *file, int *sectsize)
 {
 	int	fd;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_OPEN64
-	fd = open64(file, O_RDONLY);
-#else
-	fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
-#endif
+	fd = ext2fs_open_file(file, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return errno;
 
@@ -71,11 +67,7 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_get_device_phys_sectsize(const char *file, int *sectsize)
 {
 	int	fd;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_OPEN64
-	fd = open64(file, O_RDONLY);
-#else
-	fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
-#endif
+	fd = ext2fs_open_file(file, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return errno;
 
diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/getsize.c b/lib/ext2fs/getsize.c
index 0c91b5b..41da6b9 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/getsize.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/getsize.c
@@ -159,11 +159,7 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_get_device_size2(const char *file, int blocksize,
 	char ch;
 #endif /* HAVE_SYS_DISKLABEL_H */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_OPEN64
-	fd = open64(file, O_RDONLY);
-#else
-	fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
-#endif
+	fd = ext2fs_open_file(file, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return errno;
 
diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c b/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c
index c1d0561..21a273d 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static errcode_t unix_open(const char *name, int flags, io_channel *channel)
 	struct unix_private_data *data = NULL;
 	errcode_t	retval;
 	int		open_flags, zeroes = 0;
-	struct stat	st;
+	ext2fs_struct_stat st;
 #ifdef __linux__
 	struct 		utsname ut;
 #endif
@@ -482,11 +482,7 @@ static errcode_t unix_open(const char *name, int flags, io_channel *channel)
 #endif
 	data->flags = flags;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_OPEN64
-	data->dev = open64(io->name, open_flags);
-#else
-	data->dev = open(io->name, open_flags);
-#endif
+	data->dev = ext2fs_open_file(io->name, open_flags);
 	if (data->dev < 0) {
 		retval = errno;
 		goto cleanup;
@@ -552,7 +548,7 @@ static errcode_t unix_open(const char *name, int flags, io_channel *channel)
 	     (ut.release[2] == '4') && (ut.release[3] == '.') &&
 	     (ut.release[4] == '1') && (ut.release[5] >= '0') &&
 	     (ut.release[5] < '8')) &&
-	    (fstat(data->dev, &st) == 0) &&
+	    (ext2fs_stat(io->name, &st) == 0) &&
 	    (S_ISBLK(st.st_mode))) {
 		struct rlimit	rlim;
 
diff --git a/misc/e2image.c b/misc/e2image.c
index 83a9d02..ca6fd41 100644
--- a/misc/e2image.c
+++ b/misc/e2image.c
@@ -1176,11 +1176,7 @@ static void install_image(char *device, char *image_fn, int type)
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-#ifdef HAVE_OPEN64
-	fd = open64(image_fn, O_RDONLY);
-#else
-	fd = open(image_fn, O_RDONLY);
-#endif
+	fd = ext2fs_open_file(image_fn, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		perror(image_fn);
 		exit(1);
@@ -1212,11 +1208,7 @@ static void install_image(char *device, char *image_fn, int type)
 static struct ext2_qcow2_hdr *check_qcow2_image(int *fd, char *name)
 {
 
-#ifdef HAVE_OPEN64
-	*fd = open64(name, O_RDONLY, 0600);
-#else
-	*fd = open(name, O_RDONLY, 0600);
-#endif
+	*fd = ext2fs_open_file(name, O_RDONLY, 0600);
 	if (*fd < 0)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -1300,11 +1292,7 @@ skip_device:
 	if (strcmp(image_fn, "-") == 0)
 		fd = 1;
 	else {
-#ifdef HAVE_OPEN64
-		fd = open64(image_fn, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_WRONLY, 0600);
-#else
-		fd = open(image_fn, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_WRONLY, 0600);
-#endif
+		fd = ext2fs_open_file(image_fn, O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_WRONLY, 0600);
 		if (fd < 0) {
 			com_err(program_name, errno,
 				_("while trying to open %s"), argv[optind+1]);
diff --git a/misc/util.c b/misc/util.c
index 51bdb60..cd78b00 100644
--- a/misc/util.c
+++ b/misc/util.c
@@ -79,15 +79,9 @@ void proceed_question(void)
 void check_plausibility(const char *device)
 {
 	int val;
-#ifdef HAVE_OPEN64
-	struct stat64 s;
+	ext2fs_struct_stat s;
 
-	val = stat64(device, &s);
-#else
-	struct stat s;
-
-	val = stat(device, &s);
-#endif
+	val = ext2fs_stat(device, &s);
 
 	if(val == -1) {
 		fprintf(stderr, _("Could not stat %s --- %s\n"),
diff --git a/resize/main.c b/resize/main.c
index 28a49ba..daa68c5 100644
--- a/resize/main.c
+++ b/resize/main.c
@@ -256,11 +256,7 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 		len = 2 * len;
 	}
 
-#ifdef HAVE_OPEN64
-	fd = open64(device_name, O_RDWR);
-#else
-	fd = open(device_name, O_RDWR);
-#endif
+	fd = ext2fs_open_file(device_name, O_RDWR);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		com_err("open", errno, _("while opening %s"),
 			device_name);
