diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 552e9251e..5988e8a20 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2001-04-06  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* chmod.c (stat_file): Allow chmod and chown on special files.
+
 	* cons.handler.c: Include "global.h" for exit().
 
 	* Makefile.in: Add dependencies between mc and static libraries
diff --git a/src/chmod.c b/src/chmod.c
index 645ead34b..29c4fe9cc 100644
--- a/src/chmod.c
+++ b/src/chmod.c
@@ -255,9 +255,6 @@ int stat_file (char *filename, struct stat *st)
 {
     if (mc_stat (filename, st))
 	return 0;
-    if (!(S_ISREG(st->st_mode) || S_ISDIR(st->st_mode) ||
-	  S_ISLNK(st->st_mode)))
-	return 0;
 
     return 1;
 }