@@ -225,11 +225,16 @@ class CombinedFS(Operations):

 				attrs[prop] = getattr(root_stats, prop)

 			attrs['st_mode'] = stat.S_IFREG | read_mode_setting(file_spec, 'mode', def_mode)

 			return attrs

+		# One array to hold the actual, successive filepaths, one dict to hold

+		# the latest stat() result for each file:

+		filepaths = []

 		stats = {}

 		def stat_file(path):

 			stats[path] = os.stat(path)

+			filepaths.append(path)

 		self.iterate_paths(stat_file, paths)

-		for filepath, stat_obj in stats.items():

+		for filepath in filepaths:

+			stat_obj = stats[filepath]

 			# Pick the highest/latest value for access/change/modification times:

 			for prop in TIME_PROPS:

 				prop_val = getattr(stat_obj, prop)