diff --git a/src/file/SDL_rwops.c b/src/file/SDL_rwops.c
index d46089e7b..439f20a5e 100644
--- a/src/file/SDL_rwops.c
+++ b/src/file/SDL_rwops.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static SDL_bool SDL_IsRegularFile(FILE *f)
 {
     #ifdef __WINRT__
     struct __stat64 st;
-    if (_fstat64(_fileno(f), &st) < 0 || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
+    if (_fstat64(_fileno(f), &st) < 0 || (st.st_mode & _S_IFMT) != _S_IFREG) {
         return SDL_FALSE;
     }
     #else