diff --git a/Public/Src/Sandbox/Linux/bxl_observer.cpp b/Public/Src/Sandbox/Linux/bxl_observer.cpp
index f73eff7a3..b4a34f220 100644
--- a/Public/Src/Sandbox/Linux/bxl_observer.cpp
+++ b/Public/Src/Sandbox/Linux/bxl_observer.cpp
@@ -334,12 +334,8 @@ AccessCheckResult BxlObserver::report_access_at(const char *syscallName, es_even
 
 AccessCheckResult BxlObserver::report_firstAllowWriteCheck(const char *fullPath)
 {
-
-    struct stat buffer;
-    DWORD error = errno;
-    // Check the path exists as file
-    bool fileExists = real___lxstat(1, fullPath, &buffer) == 0 && !S_ISDIR(buffer.st_mode); 
-    errno = error;
+    mode_t mode = get_mode(fullPath);
+    bool fileExists = mode != 0 && !S_ISDIR(mode);
      
     AccessReport report =
         {
diff --git a/Public/Src/Sandbox/Linux/bxl_observer.hpp b/Public/Src/Sandbox/Linux/bxl_observer.hpp
index ddac32471..a67fe3e4e 100644
--- a/Public/Src/Sandbox/Linux/bxl_observer.hpp
+++ b/Public/Src/Sandbox/Linux/bxl_observer.hpp
@@ -334,10 +334,13 @@ public:
 
     mode_t get_mode(const char *path)
     {
+        int old = errno;
         struct stat buf;
-        return real___lxstat(1, path, &buf) == 0
+        mode_t result = real___lxstat(1, path, &buf) == 0
             ? buf.st_mode
             : 0;
+        errno = old;
+        return result;
     }
 
     std::string normalize_path(const char *pathname, int oflags = 0)
diff --git a/cg/nuget/cgmanifest.json b/cg/nuget/cgmanifest.json
index eecf8ba10..5a7275eb4 100644
--- a/cg/nuget/cgmanifest.json
+++ b/cg/nuget/cgmanifest.json
@@ -4605,7 +4605,7 @@
         "Type": "NuGet",
         "NuGet": {
           "Name": "runtime.linux-x64.BuildXL",
-          "Version": "0.1.0-20220726.12"
+          "Version": "0.1.0-20220726.16"
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/config.dsc b/config.dsc
index 0bb2d4573..527da345f 100644
--- a/config.dsc
+++ b/config.dsc
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ config({
                 // Runtime dependencies for Linux
                 {
                     id: "runtime.linux-x64.BuildXL",
-                    version: "0.1.0-20220726.12",
+                    version: "0.1.0-20220726.16",
                     osSkip: importFile(f`config.microsoftInternal.dsc`).isMicrosoftInternal
                         ? []
                         : [ "win", "macOS", "unix" ]