diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 073e0d3e..d0bcd08b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 2013-04-12 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
         * src/files.c (do_insertfile): Check for saved cursor position when inserting a
           file as well.  Fixes Savannah bug 38600 reported by Craig Barnes.
+	* src/files.c (write_file): Don't re-stat() the file if we're writing out
+	  a marked file (especially that would give it the wrong stat info).  Part
+	  2 of issue reported by Benno Schulenberg.
 
 2013-04-07 Michael Berg <mike@berg-net.us>
 	* do_cut_text - Fix copying (not cutting) text setting Modified state.  Fixes
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 613d912c..156e8d57 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -2139,7 +2139,8 @@ bool write_file(const char *name, FILE *f_open, bool tmp, append_type
 	if (openfile->current_stat == NULL)
 	    openfile->current_stat =
 		(struct stat *)nmalloc(sizeof(struct stat));
-	stat(realname, openfile->current_stat);
+	if (!openfile->mark_set)
+	    stat(realname, openfile->current_stat);
 #endif
 
 	statusbar(P_("Wrote %lu line", "Wrote %lu lines",