diff --git a/lib/util/__tests__/stat.test.js b/lib/util/__tests__/stat.test.js
index 9b984997..613f1d50 100644
--- a/lib/util/__tests__/stat.test.js
+++ b/lib/util/__tests__/stat.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const fs = require('../..')
 const os = require('os')
 const path = require('path')
 const assert = require('assert')
+const proxyquire = require('proxyquire')
 const stat = require('../stat.js')
 
 /* global beforeEach, afterEach, describe, it */
@@ -66,13 +67,41 @@ describe('util/stat', () => {
 
   describe('should get correct identical result when stat.ino or stat.dev is 0n', () => {
     it('stat.areIdentical', () => {
-      assert.ok(stat.areIdentical({ ino: 0n, dev: 0n }, { ino: 0n, dev: 0n }))
+      assert.ok(!stat.areIdentical({ ino: 0n, dev: 0n }, { ino: 0n, dev: 0n }))
       assert.ok(stat.areIdentical({ ino: 1n, dev: 0n }, { ino: 1n, dev: 0n }))
-      assert.ok(stat.areIdentical({ ino: 0n, dev: 1n }, { ino: 0n, dev: 1n }))
+      assert.ok(!stat.areIdentical({ ino: 0n, dev: 1n }, { ino: 0n, dev: 1n }))
       assert.ok(stat.areIdentical({ ino: 1n, dev: 1n }, { ino: 1n, dev: 1n }))
       assert.ok(!stat.areIdentical({ ino: 2n, dev: 0n }, { ino: 1n, dev: 0n }))
       assert.ok(!stat.areIdentical({ ino: 0n, dev: 2n }, { ino: 0n, dev: 1n }))
       assert.ok(!stat.areIdentical({ ino: 2n, dev: 1n }, { ino: 1n, dev: 2n }))
     })
   })
+
+  describe('when the filesystem reports 0n for every inode', () => {
+    const zeroInode = st => Object.assign(st, { ino: 0n })
+    const statZero = proxyquire('../stat.js', {
+      '../fs': {
+        lstat: (file, opts) => fs.lstat(file, opts).then(zeroInode),
+        lstatSync: (file, opts) => zeroInode(fs.lstatSync(file, opts))
+      }
+    })
+
+    it('stat.checkPaths() does not treat different files as the same', async () => {
+      const src = path.join(TEST_DIR, 'src')
+      const dest = path.join(TEST_DIR, 'dest')
+      fs.ensureFileSync(src)
+      fs.ensureFileSync(dest)
+      const { destStat } = await statZero.checkPaths(src, dest, 'move', {})
+      assert.strictEqual(destStat.ino, 0n)
+    })
+
+    it('stat.checkPathsSync() does not treat different files as the same', () => {
+      const src = path.join(TEST_DIR, 'src')
+      const dest = path.join(TEST_DIR, 'dest')
+      fs.ensureFileSync(src)
+      fs.ensureFileSync(dest)
+      const { destStat } = statZero.checkPathsSync(src, dest, 'move', {})
+      assert.strictEqual(destStat.ino, 0n)
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/lib/util/stat.js b/lib/util/stat.js
index 040d14c7..416d50e8 100644
--- a/lib/util/stat.js
+++ b/lib/util/stat.js
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ function checkParentPathsSync (src, srcStat, dest, funcName) {
 
 function areIdentical (srcStat, destStat) {
   // stat.dev can be 0n on windows when node version >= 22.x.x
-  return destStat.ino !== undefined && destStat.dev !== undefined && destStat.ino === srcStat.ino && destStat.dev === srcStat.dev
+  // stat.ino is 0n on filesystems without inode numbers, so it cannot identify a file
+  return !!destStat.ino && destStat.dev !== undefined && destStat.ino === srcStat.ino && destStat.dev === srcStat.dev
 }
 
 // return true if dest is a subdir of src, otherwise false.