diff --git a/sftp-client.c b/sftp-client.c
index 3fac22b..8c12dae 100644
--- a/sftp-client.c
+++ b/sftp-client.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 /* XXX: copy between two remote sites */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: sftp-client.c,v 1.40 2003/01/10 08:48:15 djm Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: sftp-client.c,v 1.41 2003/01/14 10:58:00 djm Exp $");
 
 #include "openbsd-compat/sys-queue.h"
 
@@ -767,8 +767,8 @@
 		mode = 0666;
 
 	if ((a->flags & SSH2_FILEXFER_ATTR_PERMISSIONS) &&
-	    (a->perm & S_IFDIR)) {
-		error("Cannot download a directory: %s", remote_path);
+	    (!S_ISREG(a->perm))) {
+		error("Cannot download non-regular file: %s", remote_path);
 		return(-1);
 	}
 
@@ -1002,6 +1002,11 @@
 		close(local_fd);
 		return(-1);
 	}
+	if (!S_ISREG(sb.st_mode)) {
+		error("%s is not a regular file", local_path);
+		close(local_fd);
+		return(-1);
+	}
 	stat_to_attrib(&sb, &a);
 
 	a.flags &= ~SSH2_FILEXFER_ATTR_SIZE;