diff -r 4646b64139c9 Modules/posixmodule.c
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c	Fri Oct 07 23:46:22 2016 +0300
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c	Sat Oct 08 10:51:28 2016 +0300
@@ -11156,15 +11156,29 @@ DirEntry_fetch_stat(DirEntry *self, int 
 
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
     const wchar_t *path;
-
-    path = PyUnicode_AsUnicode(self->path);
-    if (!path)
-        return NULL;
+    PyObject *unicode = self->path;
+
+    if (PyBytes_Check(unicode)) {
+        unicode = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefaultAndSize(
+                PyBytes_AS_STRING(unicode),
+                PyBytes_GET_SIZE(unicode));
+        if (unicode == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+    }
+    else {
+        Py_INCREF(unicode);
+    }
+    path = PyUnicode_AsUnicode(unicode)
+    if (!path) {
+        Py_DECREF(unicode);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     if (follow_symlinks)
         result = win32_stat(path, &st);
     else
         result = win32_lstat(path, &st);
+    Py_DECREF(unicode);
 
     if (result != 0) {
         return PyErr_SetExcFromWindowsErrWithFilenameObject(PyExc_OSError,
@@ -11358,15 +11372,30 @@ DirEntry_inode(DirEntry *self)
     if (!self->got_file_index) {
         const wchar_t *path;
         struct _Py_stat_struct stat;
-
-        path = PyUnicode_AsUnicode(self->path);
-        if (!path)
+        PyObject *unicode = self->path;
+
+        if (PyBytes_Check(unicode)) {
+            unicode = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefaultAndSize(
+                    PyBytes_AS_STRING(unicode),
+                    PyBytes_GET_SIZE(unicode));
+            if (unicode == NULL)
+                return NULL;
+        }
+        else {
+            Py_INCREF(unicode);
+        }
+        path = PyUnicode_AsUnicode(unicode)
+        if (!path) {
+            Py_DECREF(unicode);
             return NULL;
+        }
 
         if (win32_lstat(path, &stat) != 0) {
+            Py_DECREF(unicode);
             return PyErr_SetExcFromWindowsErrWithFilenameObject(PyExc_OSError,
                                                                 0, self->path);
         }
+        Py_DECREF(unicode);
 
         self->win32_file_index = stat.st_ino;
         self->got_file_index = 1;