diff --git a/extmod/vfs_lfsx.c b/extmod/vfs_lfsx.c
index b381056b81..9474e960fc 100644
--- a/extmod/vfs_lfsx.c
+++ b/extmod/vfs_lfsx.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(MP_VFS_LFSx(getcwd_obj), MP_VFS_LFSx(getcwd));
 
 STATIC mp_obj_t MP_VFS_LFSx(stat)(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t path_in) {
     MP_OBJ_VFS_LFSx *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(self_in);
-    const char *path = mp_obj_str_get_str(path_in);
+    const char *path = MP_VFS_LFSx(make_path)(self, path_in);
     struct LFSx_API (info) info;
     int ret = LFSx_API(stat)(&self->lfs, path, &info);
     if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/tests/extmod/vfs_lfs.py b/tests/extmod/vfs_lfs.py
index c3656fe687..1d47605c55 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/vfs_lfs.py
+++ b/tests/extmod/vfs_lfs.py
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ def test(bdev, vfs_class):
     print(vfs.getcwd())
     vfs.chdir("/testdir")
     print(vfs.getcwd())
+
+    # create file in directory to make sure paths are relative
+    vfs.open("test2", "w").close()
+    print(vfs.stat("test2"))
+    print(vfs.stat("/testdir/test2"))
+    vfs.remove("test2")
+
+    # chdir back to root and remove testdir
     vfs.chdir("/")
     print(vfs.getcwd())
     vfs.rmdir("testdir")
diff --git a/tests/extmod/vfs_lfs.py.exp b/tests/extmod/vfs_lfs.py.exp
index 7d4aed0417..de739e7330 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/vfs_lfs.py.exp
+++ b/tests/extmod/vfs_lfs.py.exp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ write 3
 [('test', 32768, 0, 8), ('testdir', 16384, 0, 0)]
 /
 /testdir
+(32768, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+(32768, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
 /
 test <class 'VfsLfs2'>
 (1024, 1024, 30, 28, 28, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255)
@@ -43,4 +45,6 @@ write 3
 [('testdir', 16384, 0, 0), ('test', 32768, 0, 8)]
 /
 /testdir
+(32768, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+(32768, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
 /