diff --git a/legacy/elementary/AUTHORS b/legacy/elementary/AUTHORS
index 94f5e00c25..6da6dc61fa 100644
--- a/legacy/elementary/AUTHORS
+++ b/legacy/elementary/AUTHORS
@@ -76,3 +76,4 @@ JaeHyun Jo <jae_hyun_cho@naver.com>
 Bora Hwang <bora1.hwang@samsung.com>
 Jiyoung Choi <jychoi7.choi@samsung.com>
 Arvind R <arvino55@gmail.com>
+Paulo C. A. Cavalcanti Jr <paulo.cavalcanti@intel.com>
diff --git a/legacy/elementary/ChangeLog b/legacy/elementary/ChangeLog
index 3e65d0ea25..26d91b55dd 100644
--- a/legacy/elementary/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/elementary/ChangeLog
@@ -1021,3 +1021,7 @@
 2013-02-15  ChunEon Park (Hermet)
 
         * support naviframe, button, label orientation mode.
+
+2013-02-16  Paulo C. A. Cavalcanti Jr
+
+	* Fix elm_config to properly check file type.
diff --git a/legacy/elementary/NEWS b/legacy/elementary/NEWS
index 12589559de..8ab7ce80aa 100644
--- a/legacy/elementary/NEWS
+++ b/legacy/elementary/NEWS
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ Fixes:
    * Fix a elm_transit crash issue when user delete all target objects in the effect end callback.
    * Fix elc_player pause state to be in sync
    * Fix time string display to handle hours right
+   * Fix elm_config to properly check file type.
 
 Removals:
 
diff --git a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_config.c b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_config.c
index ff346f4619..48f1c53fe9 100644
--- a/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_config.c
+++ b/legacy/elementary/src/lib/elm_config.c
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ sys:
                            strlen(_elm_data_dir), "config",
                            sizeof("config") - 1);
 
-   file_it = eina_file_direct_ls(buf);
+   file_it = eina_file_stat_ls(buf);
    if (!file_it)
      goto list_free;